Steve Coogan on his unusual new comedy: ‘The penguin takes the edge off the fascism’

Steve Coogan stars as a penguin and Swede Björn Gustafsson in the feel-good drama “The Penguin Lessons”. There is no lack of humour or pain here, but the crowd-freeing move takes the upper hand.

Steve Coogan on his unusual new comedy: ‘The penguin takes the edge off the fascism’

In ‘The Penguin Lessons’, the man behind Alan Partridge plays a school teacher in military-occupied Argentina who forms an unlikely bond with a seabird. Such tonal extremes required a delicate hand, he and his co-star Jonathan Pryce tell Annabel Nugent

Film Quiz Friday | Turner And Who?

One of this week’s new releases stars Steve Coogan and a penguin, so here’s a film quiz about other actors and their animal co-stars. They say you should never work with children or animals, but that’s not stopped movie stars teaming up with animal co-stars. There are usually mixed results – even the can’t-lose buddy pairing of “Tom Hanks and a French mastiff” definitely didn’t end happily for both of them (spoilery details here). Now in UK cine…

York film preview: The Penguin Lessons, Sinners and Warfare

The dastardly Feathers McGraw aside, when a penguin waddles into view on the big screen it’s a sure sign that you’re about to have your heart melted and your cockles warmed. That’s certainly the case for Steve Coogan’s tetchy teacher in The Penguin Lessons, which looks to be just the thing if you’re in need […] The post York film preview: The Penguin Lessons, Sinners and Warfare appeared first on YorkMix.

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Sinners’ and ‘Warfare’ poised for ...

Lionsgate’s ‘The Penguin Lessons’, starring Steve Coogan as a teacher who forms a bond with a penguin, is also out.

The Penguin Lessons (review) - a tonally uneven but ambitious and uplifting experience

Peter Cattaneo’s The Penguin Lessons, starring Steve Coogan, is now showing in cinemas nationwide. While watching Peter Cattaneo’s The Penguin Lessons, I was acutely reminded of 1989’s Dead Poets Society, and 2024’s I’m Still Here. Tonally and narratively, they are polar opposites, but The Penguin Lessons fuses their essences for its own end. Aesthetically, it’s very Dead Poets Society or “Dead Pets Society,” as my fellow critic Alistair Harknes…