With a glum teacher and a penguin far from home, “The Penguin Lessons” is a “happy to be sad” film bringing tears and a smile ...

Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his ...

"The Penguin Lessons" is a throwback to roughly thirty years ago, when small-scale, heartwarming comedies about plucky ...

Penguins are some of the cutest animals in the world, second only to -- and I admit that that I may be slightly biased -- my ...

His latest, “The Penguin Lessons,” shares with his 2019 drama “Military Wives” the challenge of fashioning an uplifting, ...

A curmudgeonly teacher finds a renewed zest for life after rescuing a penguin in this new film from 'The Full Monty' helmer ...

Steve Coogan and Björn Gustafsson are a hilarious duo in "The Penguin Lessons" despite an underwhelming film that shies away ...

I wasn’t wrong. That movie was called “My Penguin Friend” and starred Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza. It was released eight ...

Directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and written by Academy Award nominee Jeff Pope (Philomena), ...

A review of The Penguin Lessons, a drama starring Steve Coogan, opening in select Canadian cities on Friday, March 28, 2025.

Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit.

Baba/Richard the penguins as Juan Salvador, and Steve Coogan as Tom Michel in ‘The Penguin Lessons’Image: Lucia Faraig Ferrando. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Steve Coogan is terrific in true ...