"Surf's Up" *** (out of four): This amusing animated "documentary" about the penguin surfing community (yep, you read that right) is more than just a "Happy Feet with surfing" rip-off.
What is it about penguins? It might be time to make them the official mascot of planet Earth; it seems that there’s nothing humans won’t watch penguins do. Of course, we have the success of “March of the Penguins” to blame. More children’s movie than documentary, 2005’s award-winner brought our flippered friends to the fore and paved the way for the startling success of the otherwise absurd “Happy Feet”. While that animated crowd-pleaser was essentially “Footloose” for the Antarctic set, it proved that flightless waterfowl are a box office draw. So it should be no surprise that “Surf’s Up” is about surfing penguins. The surprise is that it’s a pretty amusing movie.
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