March of the Penguins (2005)
Directed by Luc Jacquet · 80 min · Documentary, Family
62.2 TOPICAL score · #1,157 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
March of the Penguins (2005, directed by Luc Jacquet) has a TOPICAL score of 62.2 - ranked 1,157 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (1,253 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 40 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (1,253 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 40 languages
- Still read10,313 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman (actor #24)
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