Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza looking lovingly at a penguin in My Penguin Friend
Summary Based on a heartwarming true story, My Penguin Friend promises both laughs and a good cry for the whole family. However, like the movie's animal star, the film doesn’t quite soar, but it does manage to hit all the notes associated with this kind of inspirational, family-friendly fare. After all, it’s hard not to be delighted by the real-life inspiration for David Schurmann’s feature.
To Maria’s dismay, João insists upon nursing DinDim back to health, even as the penguin tracks oil all over their home. Concerned about drying the penguin off, João dips into Miguel’s room, grabs his late son’s winter hat, and cuts it into a sweater for DinDim. At first, Maria can’t believe that João disfigured the hat, but it gradually dawns on her that DinDim is bringing her husband a kind of joy he hasn’t felt in decades.
Although My Penguin Friend is about grief and finding ways to form new bonds even in the wake of loss, it still offers up penguin antics in spades. DinDim punctures bicycle tires, upsets a local dog, and strolls around town to collect items for the burrow João built for him. At times, Schurmann tries to put us in DinDim’s point of view with a kind of fish-eye lens, but it’s more disorienting than immersive.
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