I only caught this little animated film by accident but was so glad I did. It's a joy to behold. The animation is brilliant and the story is told with great feeling by Jim Broadbent with lots of great advice woven into the story about acceptance of people from different backgrounds and not to judge on first impressions only. Then ending was just beautiful and turned me into an emotional wreck!The background music was beautiful too. This is one not to miss. I would recommend this for children and adults. This is one to watch over and over and should be on every year and is up there with The Snowman and Wallace and Gromit for quality and entertainment.

Before I had seen this movie, I had never heard of the story. Since I've watched it, I've accidentally come across the book several times while looking around the libraries with my daughter. I have to say that this adaption actually makes the story easier to understand.It tells a simple story with nice visuals and some fun moments. I think this film would actually be many times better without the cutesy narration. Everything being said in the voice over is completely unnecessary, and takes away from the charm of the interaction between the two main characters.Basically, a boy has a penguin turn up at his door and tries to get it to go away. He eventually makes a trip to the south pole, but then realizes he wants to keep the penguin.I appreciate it anytime I can find something that is well told and simple enough for young children, without being noisy or ironic. This is a gentle story with no wisecracks or sarcasm done very well. I think it would play even better with just musical accompaniment.

Only two reviews???...oh, my, god!!! There really isn't a lot to be said here other than the company is one of the very best in the world and should be doing feature films...they did an amazing job here on this (remember this is only about 16 individuals)… The soundtrack is wonderful...the design work and lighting is wonderful...the STORY is great (most important part) and they have a lot of kudos from me.It was a very special Christmas that they put this film on because we had this and also the return of Wallace and Gromit. It may sound silly but this film really made the Christmas because it was so very good...when you see something of very high quality you tend to get a real buzz off it and this one had that.

I stumbled across this on TV this morning. What a touching and beautiful animated story of a boy who finds a penguin on his doorstep one day.Initially an irritation to the boy, he decides it must be lost. So unable to find the owner he realises that the only option is to take the penguin 'home' to the South Pole. So he builds a boat and they set off on the journey... However, through their trials and tribulations of their voyage a relationship is forming. They eventually make it but the boy suddenly realises that they are now friends and meant to be together but is it too late?The animation is excellent and the characters are perfectly represented. Both sad and uplifting, it brought a tear to my eye it did and I came straight here to tell you all!