Simple-minded and formulaic but cute, cuddly and energetically silly

The film's not pretentious, it doesn't try to have heart, it doesn't have any forced emotional moments or does it even bother being morally correct (it sort of contradicts itself with its message about how looks shouldn't matter). It also abandons the slightly more logical Madagascar universe to feature the new (but boring) North Wind characters who're also animals but real professional spies with weapons and an aircraft worth millions. But this ain't Disney or Pixar, and they just don't care. The Penguins just sticks with its slapstick and pop culture humour, and maintains its level of nonsensical silliness and ultra-lightheartedness throughout the film. Although the designs don't display mad creativity, the visuals are competent, colourful, well-animated and tightly edited. More importantly, the film carries sufficient laughters.

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