‘The Penguin Lessons,’ starring a teacher’s pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold
Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his ...
Movie review: A teacher’s pet warms the heart in ‘Penguin Lessons’
The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin ...
Steve Coogan gets schooled in true story 'The Penguin Lessons'
A movie industry adage warns never to work with children or animals, but British actor Steve Coogan says he learned ...
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Review: A teacher's pet warms the heart in 'Penguin Lessons'
The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin Lessons,” based on the memoir by Tom Michell, is in ...
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'The Penguin Lessons,' starring a teacher's pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold
Adapted for the screen by screenwriter Jeff Pope (“Philomena,” “The Lost King”) and directed ... British sense of humor. When Tom (Steve Coogan) arrives in Buenos Aires to teach English ...
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Steve Coogan bonds with a penguin in the cloying, misguided drama The Penguin Lessons
In the movies, bonding with a cute, helpless animal is a surefire cure for cynicism, and that's exactly what happens to world ...