Your kids are probably going to love Mr. Popper's Penguins. I saw it an audience filled with kids and their parents, and the kids laughed throughout. They laughed when the penguins farted. They ...

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is precious, protracted and pleasant enough, if not exactly potty trained. It pops from beloved children’s book to the screen as a passable time-passer for the preschool set.

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is as generic and predictable as movies get. Despite its potentially funny premise, it takes no chances and results in one of the blandest comedies of the year. The plot can ...

1. There was a time that Jim Carrey's popularity was seen as a semi-legitimate threat to The Republic, a sign that American culture was rotten and decadent and infantile. It became a badge of pride, ...

Feeling like a desperate bid to revive that old "Ace Ventura" magic with Jim Carrey bringing a sextet of penguins into his tony Manhattan apartment, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" is actually rooted in the ...

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” a mildly amusing flight of fancy for the family crowd, is far better for its penguins than its Popper. Not that Jim Carrey’s Mr. Popper is poorly done, per se. But the ...

MR POPPER'S PENGUINS Blu-ray Review. Jim Carrey stars in Mr. Popper's Penguins, about Mr. Popper's inheritance of penguins and the hijinks that ensue. Worst 5 films of 2011. Matt picks his worst 5 ...

FOR THE BIRDS Carrey threatens to go all Cable Guy on one of the creatures that easily upstage him in Mark Waters’ kids’ flick. Perhaps it’s not fair for adults to review movies that obviously weren’t ...

The actor's six avian co-stars serve as silent-movie comics in director Mark Waters' amiable family comedy, writes Kirk Honeycutt. By Kirk Honeycutt Mr. Popper's Penguins Table 2011 For the record, ...