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Penguin Highway

Penguin Highway

Animation · Adventure · Comedy · 2018

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

Movie details

Penguin Highway

“A penguin has appeared in my town.”

2018 Animation · Adventure · Comedy 1h 58m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Penguin Highway?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hiroyasu Ishida

Written by

Makoto Ueda

Kana Kita

Kana Kita

Aoyama-kun (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Uchida (voice)

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Onē-san (voice)

Miki Fukui

Miki Fukui

Suzuki (voice)

Misaki Kuno

Misaki Kuno

Aoyama's Sister (voice)

Megumi Han

Megumi Han

Hamamoto (voice)

Mamiko Noto

Mamiko Noto

Aoyama's Mother (voice)

Court is in session

Put Penguin Highway on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.