5 Thoughts: Mr. Popper's Penguins

While my cinematic journeys are primarily focused on the past, I still catch some newer releases. You won't get a full review on these, but you will get five thoughts and a bottom line. 

1.  Introduce penguins, then go right for the potty humor.  Really?  It has to be that immediate?

2.  Glad to see we could finish off the career bell curve of Angela Lansbury.

3.  The villain is a zookeeper who makes the point that Mr. Popper cannot care for the penguins.  And he's proven right.  Not a lot of menace.

4.  Pippi (played by Ophelia Lovibond) presents a predilection for a particular pronunciation.  My favorite character in the film.

5.  I love Carla Gugino.  Even when she's in bad kiddie stuff.

Bottom line: Kids will be entertained, but adults?  Not so much.  For most of the film, Jim Carrey manages to rein it in.  There's a couple of good bits (the comic timing of the water-filled bathroom gag is actually pretty good), but avoid unless you have a seven year old.