Review: Steve Coogan’s happy feet rescue The Penguin Lessons from cheery banality

‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Steve Coogan Makes a Feathered Friend in Sweet British Buddy Dramedy

A curmudgeonly teacher finds a renewed zest for life after rescuing a penguin in this new film from 'The Full Monty' helmer Peter Cattaneo.

Review: Steve Coogan’s happy feet rescue The Penguin Lessons from cheery banality

The Penguin Lessons is a touching film that has a simple message about the need for empathy, both human and ornithological

The Penguin Lessons Review — Steve Coogan Charms in Lovable "Man and His Animal Friend" Flick

Directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and written by Academy Award nominee Jeff Pope (Philomena), the Steve Coogan-starring dramedy The Penguin Lessons has the caliber of talent behind and in front of the camera to be a great film. It definitely doesn’t reach the level of greatness, but if you are willing to look past the movie’s flaws and enjoy it as a lighthearted, not-too-meaningful picture, it’s hard not to be won…

The Penguin Lessons: Rise Like Lions After Slumber

Penguins don’t usually live among humans. When they do, we tend to think that’s pretty clever. What an unusual penguin, we think, doing things with humans and not other penguins. We got that movie last year and we must be lucky because we are getting it again this year. Last year it was My Penguin Friend, a movie about a penguin who becomes a man’s friend. This year it’s The Penguin Lessons, a movie about a penguin who teaches lessons. About ten…