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Metascore®64 out of 100 | Generally favorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    An animated family movie about penguins -- in the wake of "March of the Happy Feet," they're the Angelina Jolie of animals, both cute and admired everywhere. Plus, it's about surfing. Read full review

  • 75
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    If you have to see one penguin movie, this is it. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Peter Debruge

    Every bit as entertaining as the early Christopher Guest efforts. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    A cheerful and frequently amusing bit of nonsense, which certainly will provoke children into giggles. The film does not measure up to "March of the Penguins" or "Happy Feet," both Oscar-winning efforts. Nor is it trying to. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    A clever, delightfully rendered summer diversion. Read full review

  • 70
    Village Voice | Ella Taylor

    If you have to see another penguin blockbuster, you could do worse than this loose-limbed charmer. Read full review

  • 67
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha Robinson

    Mostly, it just stands out in a crowded field of tacky also-rans by being a reasonably acceptable, more or less non-obnoxious way to spend an hour and a half. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Where Surf's Up falls down is in its central relationships. (A few more jokes wouldn't have hurt either). Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    First they marched, then they tap-danced. Now they ride the waves on souped-up boards. It really doesn't matter what stunts they try to pull off: Who can resist an animated mockumentary in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap" starring the black-and-white big birds of the moment? Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Has a friendly, blue-collar vibe (Cody is an ex-fish-sorter from the Shiverpool, Antarctica) and some sly, low-key humor. Nevertheless, a moratorium on penguins might be called for, despite the inevitable anthropomorphic void. Read full review

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