Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Earnest messages about bad climate change and good parenting skills have been replaced by a we-all-share-a-planet sense of fun that's more "Finding Nemo" than National Geographic. Read full review
Although it's set on the same frozen continent, Happy Feet Two is worlds away from its predecessor. Read full review
Pitt and Damon deliver the best lines (wisecracks about the food chain, predators and evolution, etc.) but their characters also represent most of us. Read full review
For me, Happy Feet Two is pretty thin soup. The animation is bright and attractive, the music gives the characters something to do, but the movie has too much dialogue in the areas of philosophy and analysis. Read full review
Robin Williams, who's sometimes too overbearing in real-life live action, makes a great cartoon-character voice. Read full review
Little kids, of course, will swallow it whole without thinking twice. Read full review
Even with the addition of new characters, such as the ones voiced by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, George Miller's animated sequel just isn't very funny. Read full review
For a computer-animated movie about dancing penguins, it's surprisingly leaden. Not even the impressive voice talent can rev up this clumsy spectacle. Read full review
As a low-cost baby-sitter, this high-energy sequel definitely does the trick. Read full review
The movie's bereftness of invention can be measured by how no story element builds on another. Instead, Happy Feet Two is plotted so that a bunch of disparate things happen, until it's time to end the movie. Read full review