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Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

Mr. Popper's Penguins poster
Directed by
Mark Waters
Genre
comedy film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3,194 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman's life gets turned upside down when he inherits six penguins. He learns to balance his work and his new feathered friends, bringing his family closer together.

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What happens

Mr. Popper's Penguins is a 2011 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey, loosely based on the 1938 children's book. Produced by Davis Entertainment Company and Dune Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it was directed by Mark Waters and written by Sean Anders, John Morris and Jared Stern. The film was originally slated for a release on August 12, 2011, but was moved up to June 17, 2011. The film received mixed reviews from critics and earned $187.3 million on a $55 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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