波普先生的企鵝

想象一下，如果你的寵物是一只企鵝……不對，如果你的寵物是六只企鵝，你的生活會變成怎樣？

波普的父親常年在外環游世界，波普小時候和父親唯一的聯系是通過電臺相互呼叫。長大后的波普事業得意，卻家庭失意。妻子阿曼達和他離了婚，一雙兒女歸前妻撫養，波普平日里對孩子們也疏于關愛。一天，波普收到了去世的父親給他留下的紀念品—— 一只活的企鵝！波普被企鵝整得焦頭爛額，急著想把它弄走，沒想到陰差陽錯之下又招來了五只。孩子們對這群企鵝喜愛不已，因為企鵝，波普和家人的關系漸漸回暖，也找回了生活的重心。他終于明白，這些是父親留給他最珍貴的紀念品……

本片最大的亮點當然是萌物企鵝和笑神金·凱瑞的閃亮搭配。飾演主角波普先生的“好萊塢喜劇天王”金·凱瑞在這部戲中延續了他一貫的表演風格和路數，夸張的動作、表情和人物性格演繹出經典的金·凱瑞式幽默。當然了，影片的賣點還是那幾只超級呆萌的企鵝，個個性格鮮明，憨態可掬。制片方為了讓影片中的企鵝看上去更為真實可靠，專門從水族館租借了六只巴布亞企鵝來參與拍攝。企鵝們儼然成了本片最大的明星。

這是一部典型的溫情家庭喜劇，雖然劇情略嫌老套，但搞笑賣萌皆出色，還是很值得一看。

（Popper tries to get rid of the first penguin， but receives another five instead. His son Billy mistakes them for his birthday present.）

Popper： Ooh！ Hey！ Gosh， thought you guys would never get here. That’s great. You ready for the big birthday celebration 1）fiesta？

Amanda （Popper’s ex-wife）： Here we go.

Popper： But here’s the thing， I’m not quite ready yet. So， can you just hang out for a bit while I get Billy’s gift all set？

Janie （Popper’s daughter）： Translation， “I forgot as usual， and I need to call Pippi to go get something.”

Amanda： Janie.

Popper： Not true. Bad translation. I got the gift， and it’s right in here.

Billy （Popper’s son）： Yeah！ A penguin！

Popper： No， Billy. I actually...

Billy： He’s awesome！

Popper： Oh！ Great.

Amanda： Hold on. You got him an actual live penguin？ Popper： Uh...

Billy： Six penguins？ Yes！ Best birthday ever！

Popper： That’s good counting， Billy.

Janie： Do they have names？

Popper： Yeah， course. This one’s Captain. Captain Popper. And that’s Loudy. Hey！ Hey！ And that one’s Bitey.

Billy： Oh！

Popper： Stinky.

Amanda： Aw！ He loves me.

Popper： That’s Lovey.

Amanda： Hmm.

Popper： Yeah.

Amanda： 2）Enchanté.

Popper： And that’s Nimrod.

Amanda： I gotta tell you， you have officially raised the birthday present bar to a whole new level.

Popper： I know.

（The zoo man comes to get the penguins. Seeing Billy’s excitement， Popper tells the man to come later.）

Billy： What was that？ What did that man mean， “I’m here for the penguins”？

Popper： Oh， that guy？ He was...he’s here for their baths. He’s the bather. Trust me， you’re going to want them bathed. I just told him to come back later， because we’re in the middle of a part-ay！

Billy： They’re mine， right？ I can keep them？

Popper： You kidding me？ What kind of question is that？

Janie： I don’t know， Billy. I’d make him promise if I were you.

Billy： Do you promise me， Popper？

Popper： Yes.

Janie： Say the words.

Amanda： You don’t want to disappoint them.

Popper： When did I ever disappoint anybody？

Billy： Father-son picnic.

Janie： My birthday.

Amanda： Our last anniversary.

Popper： I promise.

（Knowing the penguins have eggs， Nat Jones， the zoo official， comes to Popper’s home.）

Jones： You’ve got some interesting ideas about animal care， Mr. Popper. You stick them in front of the TV？

Popper： Yeah. Chaplin. A classic.

Jones： You’ve got one nesting in the produce bin of your refrigerator.

Popper： Just shows what you know. That’s a cheese drawer.

Jones： Fish 3）fillet sandwich with tartar sauce？ Is this your idea of a healthy animal diet？

Popper： Ooh！ Evidence！ Call 4）CSI. You 5）planted this.

Jones： You have no idea what you’re doing with these birds.

Popper： Oh， like you’re some kind of penguin expert.

Jones： I am a penguin expert. It’s time for me to take these birds and put them in a proper home. You aren’t giving them what they need.

Popper： I am giving them exactly what they need.

Jones： What？ What are you giving them？

Popper： I am giving them love.

Jones： Love？

Popper： Well， it sounds weird when you make me say it.

Jones： These aren’t children， Mr. Popper. They’re animals. They need food. They need snow. And every once in a while， one of them needs to be eaten by a whale.

Popper： Hey！

Jones： You want to know who they love？ I’ll tell you who they love. Whoever is holding the fish.

（The penguins rush to the fish.）

Popper： Traitors.

Jones： Wake up， Popper. These penguins can only survive in a zoo or Antarctica. So， sooner or later， I will take these penguins.

（波普本想把第一只企鵝送走，卻弄巧成拙，又收到了五只。兒子比利以為這是爸爸為他準備的生日禮物。）

波普：噢，嗨！哎呀，還以為你們不來了呢，太好了，準備好生日大狂歡了沒？