It would have been a better message to stick with being different isn’t a bad thing. If “Happy Feet” had ended without the idealistic conservation storyline, it would have been saved. Brittany Murphy, who voices Mumble's crush Gloria, gets to show off her singing skills on songs like “Somebody to Love” for a wider audience, one that may not have heard her with Paul Oakenfold on “Faster Kill Pussycat.” His voice isn’t that recognizable, but stick around for the credits and his name appears. Jackman’s Memphis can be annoying with his fake impersonation.Īn interesting actor that lent his voice to a character is the late Steven Irwin, who voiced one of the Aussie elephant seals. Anything having Robin Williams voicing an over-the-top character is always appreciated in “Happy Feet” he actually voices three. There’s even a few rather scary portions that drove a few children that saw the preview to tears, including a scene involving a sea lion chasing Mumble and trying to eat him and some not-so-friendly looking elephant seals with Australian accents.įor older children it is a good feature film. Overall, “Happy Feet” seemed more like an adult animated feature than one for children, with more jokes directed to the older crowd like Mumble’s parents being a play off of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis named Norma Jean and Memphis (voiced by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman).Īnyone under the age of 7 won’t be able to enjoy half of the movie. There’s also a jarring introduction to live action characters - humans to be exact - when “Happy Feet” had leaned only on animation up until this point. Save the penguins, stop drilling, stop fishing and so forth near their habitat. Director George Miller used motion capture in order to animate the dancing penguins, specifically using famed tapper and choreographer Savion Glover as the movie’s primary dancer.īut the lightheartedness of the movie abruptly stops just before the ending as the message turns from a story about a penguin to a message about conservationism. The technological aspects to the movie are admirable and exciting. “Happy Feet” is basically the penguin version of “Footloose,” minus Kevin Bacon. Mumble plans to prove he’s correct and he’s not about to let the rest of the community stop him from doing what he loves. Mumble seems to think that everything has to do with the featherless penguins that have taken over certain parts of the land. He befriends a group of smaller penguins and they travel around looking for answers. He becomes inquisitive about the outside world, especially in regards to the fish shortage the penguins seem to be having. What he does is tap dance, and that’s nothing normal in his community. He actually can’t carry a tune, any time he tries to sing it comes out as a loud squawk. Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) cannot find his heart song. Without a heart song, a penguin is destined to be an outcast and alone.

To find their soul mate, these penguins must find their heart song - the song that attracts a mate. 'Happy Feet's' Emperor penguins spend their lives living in harmony, figuratively and literally. Why should conformng be the most important thing in someone’s life? If fitting in and going along with society means giving up hopes and dreams, maybe normality isn’t the best thing.

Golden Slumbers/The End (performed by k.Sometimes being abnormal isn’t a bad thing.

Kiss/Heartbreak Hotel (performed by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman).

Do It Again (performed by The Beach Boys).

My Way (A Mi Manera) (performed by Robin Williams).

Somebody to Love (performed by Brittany Murphy).

Boogie Wonderland (performed by Brittany Murphy featuring Lombardo Boyar).

I Wish (performed by Fantasia, Patti LaBelle and Yolanda Adams).

The Joker & Everything I Own (performed by Jason Mraz and Chrissie Hynde).

The Song of the Heart (performed by Prince).

Roger Rose as the Leopard Seal and the secondary antagonist.

Frank Welker as the Killer whales and the final antagonists of the film.

Anthony La Paglia as Yellow Leg the boss Skua leader of the skuas and the main antagonist.

Hugo Weaving as Noah the Elder the leader of the penguin nation.

Nicole Kidman as Norma Jean Mumble's mother.

Hugh Jaackman as Memphis Mumble's father.

Brittany Murphy as Gloria the love interest of Mumble.

Robin Williams as Ramon the deurtagonist and Lovelace the triagonist.Last, but certainly not least, is Gloria, voiced by Brittany Murphy. Despite being an outsider due to his inability to sing, Mumbles exceptional tap-dancing skills make him endearing and memorable. Elijah Wood as Mumble the main protagonist Then theres Mumble, the central figure of the Happy Feet cast, portrayed brilliantly by Elijah Wood.

Mumble,is the son of Memphis and Norma Jean.He is knowns as the worst singer in Emperor-Land.But he has ability to dancing,and when he growns up,he seems has the fluffy down.Then he meets Gloria,his love interest,and also wants to know who take the fish and make a contact with aliens.

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