March of the Penguins 2005 Review

I am a softie:  I admit it right up front.  I get very upset when I see roadkill.  I relocate spiders.   I can't stand to watch accidents replayed.    But that's not always a bad thing, just when you have a beastie in your house.  So when I mentioned to my girlfriend that I nearly cried during March of the Penguins, and had to leave the room once, she said "Both my boys got very upset by it, too."  (They are 8 and 10).   So I knew it wasn't just me.

(SEMI-SPOILER) Sad or stressful themes include:   life-threatening and very scary weather events, dead chicks, depressed and inconsolable mamas, frozen daddies, depressed daddies, broken eggs, separation anxiety and predators.   For a softie, this is not entertainment.   I wish I'd seen the animated penguin movie instead!    

Someone build those penguins a big wall to hover behind !!!!
I left thinking "we can put men on the moon, but these penguins are in agony sevearl months a year.   I wish we could put up a big wall to block the winter storms for the daddies.
A well-done film, yes...........but now, all winter, I will think about those poor, poor penguins.  I wish I'd never seen this movie.  

The Bottom Line:  Libby Leave It