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Allan let's talk about the new indie
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film in theaters this
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weekend called my penguin friend
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starring Jean Rena it is based it is
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story about a Humble Fisherman who in
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the opening scene of the movie we meet
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him his lovely wife and his son on a
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fishing trip with his son there's a
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tragic thunderstorm which results in
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the horrible death of his of his son MCD
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drowning years later the fisherman and
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his wife are living a humble life and
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they befriend a penguin and this little
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penguin is uh becomes attached to Jean
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Reno uh and he's and visits them every
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it ends up becoming a national news
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penguin and uh I don't know what what
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it's it's it's about the relationship
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between uh Jean Reno's character based
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on a real fisherman and
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um this he the forms this relationship I
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mean it's a cute animal movie right I'll
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say this I saw this at a screening
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people were crying in the theater I mean
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look I got choked up a couple times it's
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a very simple story it's not super
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layered it's really it's it's also like
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you could say this is uh very very good
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movie for kids they did combine like a
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re there was a real penguin in this film
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right but they did combine with some
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digital effects they couldn't have
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possibly done uh the penguin almost gets
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hurt a couple times no Penguins were in
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Peril uh what did you think of my
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penguin friend yeah I love this movie
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it's a it's just a nice sweet family
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film with an animal in it and uh that's
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that's my only problem was it was
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diversity all over the place uh not a
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single white person in this movie oh
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yeah who cares know I'm just kidding I'm
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just kidding it takes place in South
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America um no it was a lot of fun I yeah
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this one I like it because it it cranks
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up that cuteness Factor but doesn't
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overplay it uh gen Reno I mean you we
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know him from very different roles than
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this one uh and he he just comes off as
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very lovable and you know he's got you
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know his his Arc is basically he's got
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to kind of start trusting people again
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after you know his son died a long time
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ago yeah you know and I I I remember
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starting when the movie started and it's
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like okay we're starting right off with
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the dead Sun uh but I'll be honest the
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there's a call back and that kind of
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choked me up uh they it was placed very
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well um you know there's uh so so the
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penguin migrates uh during the summer uh
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during the uh southern hemisphere summer
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uh he's down in Patagonia uh in
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Argentina and instead of migrating with
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uh all his friends uh he he was uh
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injured during one migration uh Je
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character saves him uh because of a oil
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accident uh and then that's kind of
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where they're bonding and and it's
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interesting that the whole idea that
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penguins are very adaptable creatures
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that they're creatures of habit and that
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um that that you get the sense of you
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know not only does this penguin go back
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to the same area but he goes back
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specifically to uh to Jean Reno's house
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and the nest he built for him while at
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the same time when he migrates South uh
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he goes to the nesty builds in Patagonia
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um so there's a lot in terms of
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understanding how penguins work how they
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Migrate how they adapt uh it's just it's
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just a really nice package and uh you
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know if you want to introduce kids to
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subtitles this is a good movie to to to
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have them seen there's not that many
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subtitles no it's not that I mean it's
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it's very simple yeah it's very simple
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I'll say this this movie is comfort food
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you want to see a light heartwarming
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story you know it's not the movie is not
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for kids but kids will enjoy it and no
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this is for kids I mean it's it's for
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the family it's a family film it's for
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the entire family I'm saying adults can
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enjoy it too it's really if if you
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anyone who's ever had a relationship
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with a pet with an animal will relate to
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this so I think it's I I give this a
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recommend yeah and jeano again is so
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likable in this movie compared to all
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his other movies right you know he is
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the sympathetic protagonist and uh he is
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he does an amazing job in this film um
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and you know seeing the credits uh sorry
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seeing the trailers I felt like I was
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GNA get bored at times not not a single
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time nope and it's also it's not like
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two hours it's like around 90 minutes 90
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minutes so it's perfect yeah good
