Thomas Popper Jr, a divorced real estate agent and father of two has just learned his father was killed on an expedition in Antarctica. He soon takes in a penguin his father befriended, and despite his efforts to get rid of it, his children encourage him to take in five more. He soon finds the penguins an annoyance and tries to send them to the zoo, but his children may force him to change his mind. Jim Carrey leads; co-starring Carla Gugino, Ophelia Lovibond, Madeline Carroll, Clark Gregg, Jeffrey Tambor, David Krumholtz, Philip Baker Hall, and Angela Lansbury; also starring Maxwell Perry Cotton, James Tupper, Dominic Chianese, and William C. Mitchell. Mark Waters directs from the screenplay by Sean Anders & John Morris and Jared Stern; Based upon the 1938 Little, Brown novel by Richard and Florence Atwater. Produced by John Davis • Executive Producers: Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Derek Daychy and Joel Gotler. Music composed and conducted by Rolfe Kent; Soundtrack on Varèse Sarabande. VFX Supervisor: Richard E. Hollander • VFX Producer: Blondel Aidoo. a Davis Entertainment Company production for Twentieth Century Fox; made in association with Dune Entertainment. a Mark Waters film. "No Penguins were harmed in the making of this film. Jim Carrey, on the other hand, was bitten mercilessly. But he had it coming." Filmed around New York City with ARRI CSC cameras and lenses. in Dolby®/Datasat/SDDS™ Approved [No. 48850]/rated PG (mild rude humor and some language). Copyright © 2011 (in most territories) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Dune Entertainment III LLC Copyright © 2011 (in some countries) TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation LLC, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Dune Entertainment III LLC