Another Look at Happy Feet
Lisa, it's amazing how differently kids can see the same movie. When I took my kids to Happy Feet, they were into the humor (particularly the Robin Williams' penguins) and the theme about the misfit who ends up being a hero. The singing/mating part bored them -- I think they zoned out during those sequences and certainly didn't have any questions about it afterwards. The chase scene was a little scary (although no one dies and there's no blood and it's not unlike chase scenes you see in a lot of cartoons). My 10-year-old was really into the message about how humans should stop overfishing and depriving penguins of food. Maybe it would be helpful to have a more detailed parent guide with a chunky text breakdown of what messages are sent and what different ages might make of those messages. Not all PGs are alike -- that's for sure.