With a glum teacher and a penguin far from home, “The Penguin Lessons” is a “happy to be sad” film bringing tears and a smile ...

His latest, “The Penguin Lessons,” shares with his 2019 drama “Military Wives” the challenge of fashioning an uplifting, ...

Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his ...

Penguins are some of the cutest animals in the world, second only to -- and I admit that that I may be slightly biased -- my ...

"The Penguin Lessons" is a throwback to roughly thirty years ago, when small-scale, heartwarming comedies about plucky ...

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

Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit.

Perhaps we don’t need the reminder that our personal relationships with animals are some of the most special and rewarding ...

The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin Lessons,” based on the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, is in the ...

Baba/Richard the penguins as Juan Salvador, and Steve Coogan as Tom Michel in ‘The Penguin Lessons’Image: Lucia Faraig Ferrando. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Steve Coogan is terrific in true ...

A review of The Penguin Lessons, a drama starring Steve Coogan, opening in select Canadian cities on Friday, March 28, 2025.