Aside from a few brash improv moments from Jim Carrey, “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” feels almost as gentle and old-fashioned as the children’s book on which it’s based. Initially, there are reasons for ...

Here’s the first still from Mr. Popper’s Penguin’s, in which Carrey and his penguin friend talk it out in a very fancy bathroom. /Film has a second photo, though those penguins aren’t as convincing.

Review in a Hurry: Cross-breeding pet antics from Ace Ventura with an absent-dad storyline from Liar Liar, this Jim Carrey and flippered-friends flick waddles unevenly through family comedy territory.

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 ...

Casa Manana Theatre, a Fort Worth, Texas, landmark for 60 years, will be sending its production of the children’s musical, “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” to Reading Area Community College‘s Miller Center ...

“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.

Overall, Jim Carrey is a good choice to play the slick Mr. Popper, who ends up playing pop to a bunch of penguins. “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is in part a tale of Tavern on the Green. So — it’s a dis ...

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The Kimmel Center is presenting the Philadelphia premiere of a family favorite. Mr. Popper's Penguins waddles from page to the stage in a musical adaption of the popular children's novel of the same ...

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 ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. If you’re expecting anything even slightly related to the 1938 book that’s been an elementary school perennial for 70-plus years, ...