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Directed by | |||
| Mark Waters | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Sean Anders | (screenplay) & | |
| John Morris | (screenplay) and | |
| Jared Stern | (screenplay) | |
| Richard Atwater | (novel) and | |
| Florence Atwater | (novel) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Rolfe Kent | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Florian Ballhaus | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Bruce Green | |||
Casting by | |||
| Kathleen Chopin | |||
| Marci Liroff | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Stuart Wurtzel | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Patricia Woodbridge | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Ellen Christiansen | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ann Roth | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Bill Corso | .... | makeup for Jim Carrey | |
| Jerry DeCarlo | .... | hair department head | |
| Felice Diamond | .... | makeup department head | |
| Michael Nickiforek | .... | animal effects fabrication | |
Production Management | |||
| Joan Kelley Bierman | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| John A. Machione | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| G.A. Aguilar | .... | second unit director | |
| Adam Bernard | .... | additional second assistant director | |
| Stephanetta Bingley | .... | dga trainee | |
| David Catalano | .... | additional second assistant director | |
| Christo Morse | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Michael Pitt | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Matt Power | .... | second assistant director | |
| Nick Schepisi | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ron Bartlett | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Derek Casari | .... | adr engineer | |
| Benjamin Cheah | .... | penguin sound effects recordist | |
| Mike Chock | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Mark Coffey | .... | first assistant sound editor | |
| Scott Curtis | .... | foley mixer | |
| Dawn Fintor | .... | foley artist | |
| Donald Flick | .... | foley editor | |
| Tim Gomillion | .... | sound recordist | |
| Doug Hemphill | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Andy Koyama | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Mark A. Mangini | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Mark A. Mangini | .... | temp re-recording mixer | |
| Danny Michael | .... | sound mixer | |
| Piero Mura | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Charleen Richards | .... | adr mixer (as Charleen Steeves) | |
| Dennis Rogers | .... | sound recordist | |
| Kira Smith | .... | boom operator | |
| Alicia Stevenson | .... | foley artist | |
| Gregg Swiatlowski | .... | sound effects recordist | |
| Julian Townsend | .... | sound utility | |
| Wyatt Tuzo | .... | utility sound: re-shoots | |
| Tim Walston | .... | sound effects editor | |
| John Soukup | .... | sound transfer (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Richard Darwin | .... | animatronic designer | |
| Ken Goodstein | .... | special effects technician | |
| Devin Ladd | .... | special effects | |
| Eric Pastore | .... | special effects technician | |
| Arthur G. Schlosser | .... | snow effects technician | |
| Richard Terry Tjelmeland | .... | special effects foreman | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Suzaine Aguirre | .... | digital imaging resources | |
| Kavan Ahalpara | .... | production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Kavan Ahalpara | .... | production coordinator | |
| Imran Ahmed | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Blondel Aidoo | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Shish Aikat | .... | education manager: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Erik Akutagawa | .... | digital image resources supervisor | |
| Jake Albers | .... | compositor | |
| Mithun Jacob Alex | .... | vfx compositor | |
| Nick Andert | .... | visual effects production assistant: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Daniel Arkin | .... | assistant visual effects editor | |
| Nicholas Avallone | .... | visual effects | |
| Adam Avery | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Anurag Bartare | .... | roto/paint artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios | |
| Jason Bettinger | .... | animation layout technical director | |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Koushik Biswas | .... | matchmove TD: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Koushik Biswas | .... | matchmove artist: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Adam Blank | .... | matchmove TD: Rhythm & Hues | |
| James Bluma | .... | visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Sathish Kumar Bodicherla | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India | |
| Ryan Bowden | .... | effects technical director | |
| Adam Briggs | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Rebecca Brookman | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Tom Capizzi | .... | senior lighting lead | |
| Tyler Cayce | .... | technical animator | |
| M.B. Chaitanya | .... | senior animation layout td | |
| Theju Chandran | .... | digital paint/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios | |
| Jessi Chang | .... | look development artist | |
| Pranesh Chavan | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Cecil Man Ching Cheng | .... | visual effects producer: Centro Digital PIctures | |
| Vanessa Cheung | .... | digital matte painter | |
| Jothan Chin | .... | compositor | |
| Jung-Yoon Choi | .... | texture painter: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Samik Roy Choudhury | .... | match move technical director | |
| Marvin Chua | .... | render i/o coordinator | |
| Patrick Clancey | .... | digital opticals | |
| Daniel Aristoteles Collins | .... | systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Krystal Cooper | .... | production coordinator: International Digital Productions | |
| Michael Crane | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Krishnendu Bikash Das | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Jose L. De Juan | .... | digital effects artist | |
| John Decker | .... | sequence lighting lead | |
| Jessica Psy DeLacy | .... | technical animator | |
| Santosh Kumar Dey | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Manasa Divya | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Frank Du | .... | lead fx | |
| Matthew Nowicki DuVall | .... | visual effects artist (as Matthew Duvall) | |
| Chan Ee Jien | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Stephen Eisenmann | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Josh Elmore | .... | model/texture artist: Hydraulx | |
| Christopher Evart | .... | technical animator | |
| Scott M. Fedor | .... | compositor | |
| Mike Fischer | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Josh Fritchie | .... | digital coordinator: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Anthony Fung | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Henry Gaw | .... | render coordinator | |
| Paul Gimm | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Zoran Glisovic | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Logan Gloor | .... | lead lighting technical director | |
| Lara B. Grant | .... | digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Katie Green | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Miguel A. Guerrero | .... | modeling supervisor: Hydraulx | |
| David Gullman | .... | visual effects production assistant | |
| Muhammad Hafeez | .... | compositor | |
| Daniel Haffner | .... | technical animator: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Betsy Asher Hall | .... | look development: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Rachel Faith Hanson | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Mohamad Sharil Harees | .... | roto/prep artist | |
| Anthony Harris | .... | color timing supervisor | |
| Drew Harrison | .... | texture painter: Rhythm & Hues | |
| John Lake Harvey | .... | digital compositor | |
| Firdaus Hashim | .... | compositor | |
| Chad Hofteig | .... | lead previsualization artist | |
| Phil Holland | .... | digital imaging specialist: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Richard E. Hollander | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Angie Howard | .... | visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Jordan Hueckstaedt | .... | technical animator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Atsushi Imamura | .... | model/texture artist: Hydraulx | |
| Neh Jaiswal | .... | visual effects coordinator: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Rajeev Jeganathan | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Andrew Jennings | .... | technical animator | |
| Abhimanyu Joshi | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Kamalakkannan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Anoop Ani Kanakam | .... | pipeline td: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Scott Kilburn | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues | |
| John Kilkenny | .... | visual effects executive | |
| Shelagh Kitney | .... | digital artist | |
| Karen Klein | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alex Ko | .... | rigging supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Eric A. Kohler | .... | associate visual effects producer: Hydraulx | |
| Vivekanand Reddy Kotha | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Bill Kunin | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Prince Kurian | .... | compositor | |
| Vikas Kurup | .... | matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios | |
| Harry Lam | .... | sequence supervisor | |
| Dilesh Lamsal | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Tu Le | .... | lighting td: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Paul Ming Tak Lee | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Sun Lee | .... | senior matte painter: Hydraulx | |
| Young Lee | .... | technical animation supervisor: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Daniel Lindsey | .... | character rigger: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Eric Lo | .... | assistant vfx supervisor: Centro Digital Pictures | |
| Jose Lopez | .... | technical animator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Mary Lynn Machado | .... | look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Varun Malhotra | .... | lead lighter | |
| Karey Maltzahn | .... | visual effects producer: rhythm & hues | |
| Joe Mancewicz | .... | character rigging supervisor | |
| Mark Mancewicz | .... | technical animator | |
| James Marcus | .... | animation layout td | |
| William H.D. Marlett | .... | visual effects lead coordinator | |
| L. Patrick McCormack | .... | senior manager: International Digital Productions | |
| Mare McIntosh | .... | cgi coordinator: Hydraulx VFX | |
| Jay Mehta | .... | lead compositor | |
| Jon Meier | .... | digital lighting supervisor | |
| David Michaels | .... | charater td | |
| Vimal Raj Mohan | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Rakesh More | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Meg Morris | .... | layout supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Meg Morris | .... | matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Ram Mohan Nadam Reddy | .... | digital compositor | |
| Shakil Nadkarni | .... | matchmove technical director | |
| Brandon Nelson | .... | sequence supervisor | |
| Eric Ng | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Onesimus Nuernberger | .... | matte painter: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Carina Ohlund | .... | lighting techical director | |
| Tyler Opatrny | .... | technical animator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Van Ouk | .... | modeler: Hydraulx | |
| Boban Panakal Varghese Joy | .... | digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Rachelle Paquin | .... | compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Rachelle Bisson-Montpetit) | |
| Bruno Parenti | .... | digital compositor | |
| Elam Parithi | .... | lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Jale Parsons | .... | roto/paint artist | |
| John Paszkiewicz | .... | sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Sanjit Patel | .... | software engineer | |
| Andrew A. Paules | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Chris Payne | .... | digital compositor | |
| Kiel Pease | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Chris E. Peterson | .... | previsualization artist | |
| Joe Phoebus | .... | senior effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Matthew Picarelli | .... | visual effects production assistant | |
| Abbigail Ponek | .... | visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Terron Pratt | .... | digital producer: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Poonam Maria Prem | .... | lighting techical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios (as Poonam Shah) | |
| Scott Puckett | .... | visual effects production manager | |
| Rajesh Putta | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Jason Quintana | .... | crowd lead: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Siddharthan Raman | .... | digital compositor | |
| Erin Ramos | .... | fx supervisor | |
| Nachiarkovil Durairaj Rangesh | .... | matchmove technical director: rhythm and hues | |
| Dean Rasmussen | .... | digital artist | |
| Aatur Ravani | .... | lighting lead: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Ridhwan Razak | .... | compositor | |
| Katherine Reihman | .... | lighter: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Michael Richardson | .... | digital coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Patrick J. Rodriguez | .... | previsualization supervisor | |
| Jayaraman Sabarisan | .... | matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios | |
| Krystal Sae Eua | .... | model/texture artist: Hydraulx | |
| Jason Scott | .... | lighter: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Donna Segal | .... | digital compositor | |
| Vijay Selvam | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Argha Sen | .... | lead lighter: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Laura Sevilla | .... | digital compositor | |
| Neha Sharma | .... | digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Shyamchand | .... | lead digital compositor | |
| Murugan Siju | .... | lead roto/prep artist | |
| Scott Aaron Silver | .... | visual effects assistant coordinator | |
| Brad Smith | .... | render i/o administrator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Robert Snyder | .... | compositor | |
| Robert Snyder | .... | visual effects technical coordinator | |
| Hitesh Solanki | .... | (lighting techical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios Kuala Lumpur ) | |
| Hitesh Solanki | .... | lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios Kuala Lumpur | |
| Trevor Sommer | .... | technical animator | |
| Arpit Soni | .... | digital production coordinator: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Nic Spier | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Doug Spilatro | .... | visual effects | |
| Seshadri Srinidhi | .... | match move technical director | |
| Angelo Stanco | .... | technical animation lead: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Sean Stortroen | .... | sequence coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Yuki Sugimoto | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Yuki Sugimoto Levy) | |
| Radhakrishnan Sundararaj | .... | paint and roto | |
| Chris Sutherland | .... | compositor | |
| Brian Tatosky | .... | 2D supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Ben Taylor | .... | render i/o coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Will Telford | .... | digital effects supervisor: Rhythm and Hues | |
| Richard Tepavchevich | .... | compositor | |
| Jateen Thakkar | .... | lead compositor | |
| Nicholas Theisen | .... | digital imaging resources: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Mimi Thian | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Avish John Thomas | .... | paint/roto artist | |
| Allan Toellner | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Karen Tom | .... | digital coordinator | |
| My Linh Truong | .... | visual effects coordinator: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Devin Uzan | .... | lead compositor | |
| John Velazquez | .... | animator | |
| Rakesh Venugopalan | .... | lead prep/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Malaysia | |
| Miles Vignol | .... | effects technical director | |
| Parikh Vishal | .... | look dev artist | |
| Sean Wallitsch | .... | lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Darrin Wehser | .... | lookdev supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Jeff Wells | .... | sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Cristina Whiteley | .... | lighting techical director | |
| Stephanie Woo | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios | |
| Christian Wood | .... | lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Michael Woodside | .... | technical animation lead | |
| Yoshiya Yamada | .... | lighting: hydraulx | |
| Esther Yap | .... | matchmove technical director: rhythm and hues | |
| Michael Zavala | .... | 2D coordinator: Hydraulx VFX | |
| Celine Chew | .... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Jaikumar Pillay | .... | effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios, India (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Bobby Beckles | .... | stunt driver | |
| Christiana Blain | .... | stunts | |
| Scott Burik | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Bryce Burke | .... | stunt double | |
| Chris Cenatiempo | .... | stunts | |
| Blaise Corrigan | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Blaise Corrigan | .... | stunts | |
| William Cote | .... | stunts | |
| Peter Epstein | .... | stunts | |
| Mark Fichera | .... | stunts | |
| Rocco Forgione | .... | stunt double: Jim Carrey | |
| Aja Frary | .... | stunt double: Carla Gugino | |
| Craig Fraser | .... | stunts | |
| Shane Geraghty | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Jackie A. Greenbank | .... | stunts | |
| Luis Moco | .... | stunts | |
| Christopher Place | .... | stunts | |
| J.C. Robaina | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Sharon Simms | .... | stunts | |
Casting Department | |||
| Johnny Gidcomb | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Elisha Gruer | .... | casting associate | |
| Michelle Levy | .... | casting associate | |
| Jamie Schulman | .... | casting associate | |
| David M. Waldron | .... | extras casting director | |
| Jamie Jacobson | .... | child extras casting (uncredited) | |
| Christian Kaplan | .... | executive in charge of casting (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Christine Bean | .... | additional assistant costume designer | |
| Jonathan Clay | .... | costume production assistant | |
| Debbe DuPerrieu | .... | additional set costumer | |
| Colleen Ehrlich | .... | costume coordinator | |
| Elizabeth Feldbauer | .... | dresser: Ms. Angela Lansbury | |
| Eileen Goh | .... | costumer | |
| Joseph La Corte | .... | background costume supervisor | |
| Rebecca Levin | .... | set costumer | |
| Michelle Matland | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Katie McClain | .... | costume assistant (as Kathryn McClain) | |
| Tamara Menear | .... | costume coordinator | |
| Jonathan Schwartz | .... | costume assistant | |
| Annie Semenczuk | .... | costume assistant | |
| Martha Smith | .... | set costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Roberto Alejandro | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Matt Breitenbach | .... | assistant colorist | |
| Liza D. Espinas | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Vanessa Galvez | .... | project manager | |
| Joe Gawler | .... | digital intermediate colorist | |
| James W. Harrison III | .... | assistant editor | |
| Scott Jacobs | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Kenny G. Krauss | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Curtis Lindersmith | .... | digital intermediate editor | |
| Eric Lorenz | .... | assistant editor | |
| Darrell R. Smith | .... | digital intermediate project manager | |
| Scot Starbuck | .... | colorist | |
| Lauren Taylor | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Peter Tackaberry | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
| Seth Weinman | .... | post-production technician (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Tony Blondal | .... | orchestrator | |
| Tony Blondal | .... | score supervisor | |
| Richard Bronskill | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Stephen Coleman | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Stephen Coleman | .... | music programmer | |
| Charles Martin Inouye | .... | preview music editor | |
| Dan Savant | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Bernd Schoenhart | .... | band musician | |
| Alistair South | .... | music assistant | |
| Nick South | .... | music editor | |
| Greg Townley | .... | scoring mixer | |
| Alice Wood | .... | synth programmer | |
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By now, Jim Carrey's career is one lined with a long history of hit and missesfrom the zaney and energetic debut of Ace Ventura, to the less than stellar murmur of say, Bruce Almighty, Carrey is one of those comedic actors who occasionally takes his brand of comedy to breaking point, but somehow manages to stick around and continue raking in the dough. Flash forward now to the summer of 2011 where the comedic landscape in terms of family features in the cinema all seem to heading in the same directiontalking animalsand you have a no brainer; hey, let's put those cute little fellas from Happy Feet in with that guy who made us a lot of money by pulling dumb faces! Sure; sounds like it could have potential, but in order to reach that potential one would have to, you know, write a script and not just mash them together with a generic by-the-numbers Big Business Man Learns To Be A Good Dad plot. Instead however what we're left with is an insulting homage to all things kitsch and puerile that repeats the same jokes over and over ad nauseam to the point of sheer boredom.
The plot is simple: Mr. Popper is a wealthy business man who has all the riches in the world, but lacks the one currency that sells movies; love. Struggling to father his children in the same way that his father provided little support for him, Mr. Popper ends up inheriting a box of penguins from his recently deceased dad as a means of (somehow) connecting and finding the love that he lost through his short-sighting endeavours. What follows of course is exactly what you might expect from that brief synopsis, and maybe a quick look at a minute of the trailer. At first driving Popper up the wall, the penguins who each have their own delightful trait (we have Captain, Loudy, Bitey, Stinky, Lovey and Nimrod) soon warm up to their cold-hearted owner and vice versa as everyone involved learns that big fancy houses and a six figure income only matter as long as you're having fun and loving everything and wearing sweaters and giving high fives and being as routinely sickly as humanely possible without starring in an advertisement for the Nintendo Wii. Oh, and there are poop and fart jokes; and penguins running into things; plenty of them.
As much of a stinker that the script is however, there was a time when one could rely on Jim Carrey and his assorted hijinks to bounce off stage and interrupt everyone's heavy eyelid batting and make us laugh, but even Carrey who is clearly showing his age here in this glossy advertisement for The American Dream fails to make much of an impression. There are a couple of moments here and there where Mr. Popper can be amusing, but for the most part he's like a bland, dislikeable caricature of Donald Trump. I mean, this is the same guy who made a lawyer the funniest person the screen during the summer of 1997 surely a salesman shouldn't be a problem? But it is; a real big one. And as it comes to its long overdrawn erratic conclusion, you get the impression that Carrey's comedic career is one destined to drown in a sea of similar safe-play Eddie Murphy-esque family comedies that leave adults snoring and kids running up and down the aisles. As Pippi Peponopolis might say; it's positively petulant, pandering and painful, Mr. Popper! So please, please stop pretending like love is the answer when clearly money is all that was on the minds of everyone involved herethat's you're problem and how you fix itobviouslyis to give everyone at 20th Century Fox a penguin. Yabsolutely!