The Plot: After businessman Mr. Popper (Carrey) receives a penguin as a gift, he soon finds himself the caretaker of five more of the seabirds, and he subsequently changes his life and home to accommodate his new charges.
Storyline:
The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.
Movie info
Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Sean Anders (screenplay), John Morris (screenplay)
Stars: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Genres: Comedy
Release Date: 17 June 2011
Movie trailer:
THE BUZZ: I heart this cast almost as much as I loved the book as a kid. In the hands of Jim Carrey and director Mark Waters, I think the contemporary retelling will translate. And a smart move on downsizing the original 12 penguins by half for the movie — no person or animal can take up Carrey’s frame! Did you know that Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach almost teamed up for this project? But no one wanted to see a penguin have a vérité mid-life crisis.
