A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
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★★★★★
Based on True Story. Argentina in 1976 Realise date 17th April uK 27th April 2025
A beautiful lightly sugar coat film, based on the true story of an English teacher who travels to teach English South America, in his quest to escape from the heartbreak from hi...
★★★★★
8/10 STARS - The Penguin Lessons was AMC's Screen Unseen movie for March 18 and is based on a book of the same name by Tom Michell. Tom is an English teacher who takes a job at an all-boys boarding school in Argentina just as a military coup is beginning. At t...
★★★★★
My wife loves penguins. Any time there is a movie about penguins, I try to watch it with her. The fact that I ended up loving this particular movie so much was somewhat unexpected. So many things worked well. The balance of comedy and drama. The performances....
★★★★★
Coogan is stunning The story is touching The penguin is amazing A truly beautiful movie. Full of pathos and ethos.
So many lessons in one story.
Destined to be a classic This is what great storytelling is about.
I am hugely surprised that it dud not sweep t...
★★★★★
I will do my best to do this without spoilers, as it has not yet (I don't think) been released in the US. I saw this as a "sneak preview", so that is my assumption.
Had this not been a "blind" preview at my local theater (I have a movie subscription, so i see...
