Mr Popper's penguins

This film is a true example of how animals do have the ability to change peoples lifes and heal.  Mr Popper is a divorced man, who has two children.  The penguins help him reconnect with his wife and his children.  It helps him realise the true meaning of what life should be.  They teach him by giving him unconditional love!!

Jim Carrey is the leading actor.

The Plot

Thomas Popper, played by Jim Carrey, is a divorced real estate entrepreneur whose father traveled around the world during his childhood in the 1970s. He learns that his father has died during an adventure to Antarctica. The following week, a crate containing a penguin, named Captain, shows up at his door as a souvenir from his father’s last adventure. A few days later, five more penguins arrive. Popper intends to give them away but changes his idea when his children, Janie (Madeline Carroll) and Billy (Maxwell Perry Cotton), think that the animals are Billy's birthday present. At work, Popper is given the task of buying Tavern on the Green,the only privately owned real estate in Central Park that is an old restaurant where he used to eat with his father when he was a child. However, its elderly owner, Selma Van Gundy, will only sell it to a person of true value. Popper has unsuccessful meetings with her, and she refuses to sell the restaurant to him. Having the penguins around helps Popper become closer to his children. He also begins dating their mother, Amanda Popper again. The penguins lay three eggs. Two eggs hatch, and one doesn’t. Popper becomes obsessed with seeing the last egg hatch, losing his job. Popper realizes that the egg can’t be hatched so he decides to donate the penguins to the New York Zoo. Then, he is re-employed but his children and ex-wife are disappointed by his decision. Popper finds a lost letter from his father telling him to hold his children close and love them. Popper asks his children and ex-wife to help him get the penguins back from the zoo. They find the penguins, free them and they get away and flee to the tavern. Upon seeing how Popper had reunited his family and saved the penguins, Van Gundy sells him the restaurant. Popper decides to renovate and reopen the restaurant. Popper and his family travel to Antarctica with the penguins, allowing them to live with their own kind. Popper's first penguin, Captain, reveals to have laid another egg. Popper tells his children that they'll visit them when the baby is born.

Training of the penguins for the movie

The 26-inch penguins, Madrid said, were wild and not really friendly initially. For the six weeks prior to filming, Madrid and his trainers worked with the birds to get to know them and figure out what skills each could best perform.

And they had to give them a new home while on set — in this case, a walk-in freezer with a pool kept at 36 degrees. Their trainers were only slightly more comfortable. "The trainer freezer I had built next to it was incrementally increased up to 50 degrees," Madrid said, and the set itself was kept at a chilly 45 to 50 degrees.

By using tiny smelt as treats, they taught the penguins how to hit their marks and "get used to being on tables and chairs and eating fish off of plates."