Happy Feet Two

The story, about a bunch of penguins unable to feed themselves after an iceberg closes off their only route to the ocean, is barely enough to hang the musical numbers from, and the big musical numbers, which would be more at home in a Busby Berkley movie, take cuteness to the point of absurdity. But so what? You’d have to be tone-deaf and heartless not to succumb to the rhythm once the birds start tap dancing and singing their troubles away, especially when one of them, Gloria, is voiced by pop singer Pink, and the sound of the tap dancing webbed feet is provided by Savion Glover. As cute and catchy as it is, the penguin adventure can only hold your attention so long. What keeps it from getting too tedious and, in fact, takes it to a whole new level of fun, is the addition of Matt Damon and Brad Pitt as the voices of two krill – Will (Pitt) and Bill (Damon) – who leave the safety of the millions of other krill floating through the ocean currents, to strike out on their own to see what life has to offer them beyond just waiting to be eaten.