‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Antifascist Waterfowl Drama Is a Good Egg, Really
English teacher Steve Coogan adopts a penguin in the middle the 1976 Argentinean coup d’état -- and yes, that is kinda weird.
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Steve Coogan bonds with a penguin in the cloying, misguided drama The Penguin Lessons
In the movies, bonding with a cute, helpless animal is a surefire cure for cynicism, and that's exactly what happens to world ...
‘The Penguin Lessons,’ starring a teacher’s pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold
Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his ...
‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: A Unique Approach to Teaching
Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit.
Put a bird in it: ‘The Penguin Lessons’ feels familiar
I wasn’t wrong. That movie was called “My Penguin Friend” and starred Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza. It was released eight ...
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Movie review: A teacher’s pet warms the heart in ‘Penguin Lessons’
The little penguin becomes a kind of mascot, a very cute creature for them to rally around, and a therapist of sorts. Juan Salvador forces Tom to connect with others, and through this, he finds ...
'Death of a Unicorn' and 'A Working Man' among new movies in Milwaukee theaters this week
Fans take over the field at County Stadium after the Milwaukee Brewers won Game 5 of the 1982 World Series on Oct. 17, ...
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Release of ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Offers a Chance To Extol the Many Virtues of Steve Coogan
Instead, he ends up saving a penguin from the debris left behind from an oil spill. Through a series of we-saw-it-coming plot developments, Michel regains his humanity thanks to a cute little bird ...