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Penguin Highway

Movie
2018
1h 58m
PG
Japanese
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
User Score: 
7.2
Critic Score: 
91
Penguin Highway' Poster
A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Penguin Highway Poster

Penguin Highway

PG
Movie
2018
1h 58m
Japanese
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.2
IMDB
Penguin Highway (2018) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
91

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Kana Kita
Aoyama-kun (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Uchida (voice)
Yu Aoi
Onē-san (voice)
Miki Fukui
Suzuki (voice)
Misaki Kuno
Aoyama's Sister (voice)
Megumi Han
Hamamoto (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Aoyama's Mother (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Aoyama's Father (voice)
Naoto Takenaka
Hamamoto's Father (voice)
Directed By: Hiroyasu Ishida
Written By: Tomihiko Morimi (Novel), Makoto Ueda (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

jednumber2 says...
6 years ago
So Penguin Highway is certainly one of the most fascinating movies that I've seen in a while. This was a movie that I knew absolutely nothing about but it had penguins in the title so I was expecting penguins but what I wasn't expecting was to be taken on an absolutely beautiful journey that really got me in the feels and had me crying a few times because this movie gets heavy at times and gets very suspenseful in the 3rd act. Now this movie breaks the cuteness meter whenever the penguins are on screen. The opening credits of Penguin Highway had a smile on my face, I can recommend this movie to anyone who wants a movie that is absolutely visually stunning.
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citizenelf says...
one year ago
An odd but incredibly charming coming-of-age story that explores the desire to grow up sooner rather than later and combines that with childish wonderment to explore, and attempt to understand, the world around us. It's weird and surely an exploration of that very childlike wonderment that still resides in Hiroyasu Ishida, but it's pretty damn good and a beautiful watch as well. We spent too long asking, 'Where are the penguins going?' and 'Why are there penguins here?' but never thought to stop and ask, 'How are the penguins?'.
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Fr3d1 says...
a month ago
Penguin Highway is one of those animated films that leave you with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the animation is great, with a mix of 2D and 3D that works very well in the sets, with nothing out of place. But then you get such basic, personality-less character design that it feels like they lacked love in that area. The story, which is an adaptation of a novel, is a bit choppy. You can tell they're trying to cram a lot of information into a short time, and that makes the pace uneven. Even so, it has its charm as a story of initiation into adulthood, and the main character manages to strike a chord at certain points. The big flaw here is the Spanish dubbing, which is terrible. It literally takes you out of the film in several scenes. If you can, watch it in the original version, because the dubbing doesn't do it justice at all.
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M1320k says...
3 years ago
What a lovely movie. It was so beautiful and so surreal, couldn't love it more.
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Featured User Reviews

FlippyInvader
10/10  4 years ago
Thank you Tubi:

A smart boy and the rest of his town suddenly see penguins popping up all over the place, and soon the older woman who works as a dentist with who he has a crush/strong friendship with, and it turns out she most likely has something to do with all of this!

For a debut film by H More
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