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5 feel-good movies to stream after Netflix's 'Remarkably Bright Creatures'

Want to watch another warm-hearted movie after streaming "Remarkably Bright Creatures" on Netflix? Here are five more movies to stream next.

Tom’s Guide · May 13

Netflix just got one of the best movies you (probably) missed in theatres — and it’s like ‘Dead Poets Society’ but with a penguin

Netflix just added "The Penguin Lesson," and this heart-warming drama sees a grumpy teacher take a tundra bird under his wing.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 26, 2025

The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan outshone by his feathered friend in 70s Argentina comedy drama

Coogan plays a world-weary teacher in turbulent Buenos Aires who finally grows a political conscience thanks to a penguin

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025

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Steve Coogan isn’t earnest enough for the dire political comedy The Penguin Lessons

2/5 Finally a film that asks ‘could an adorable flightless bird convince Alan Partridge to stand up to Argentina’s military dictatorship?’

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

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

INTERVIEW: 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

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood

Coogan does his best, but there’s a tonal mismatch here: the animal-teaches-lonely-human narrative jars with a depiction of lives in totalitarian Argentina

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

Steve Coogan: ‘Art is what humanises us, and it can’t be measured on a spreadsheet’

Steve Coogan and the cast and crew behind charming new movie The Penguin Lessons share what they learned from being on set with a penguin.

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

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The Penguin Lessons is the latest film to teach us animals rescue men from loneliness

The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animals

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025

Former James Bond villain Jonathan Pryce urges Amazon to bring back 007’s witty humour

Jonathan Pryce - who played megalomaniac media mogul Elliot Carver in 007 film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' - hopes to see the James Bond franchise regain its original sense of humour now Amazon is in control.

BANG Premier · Apr 4, 2025

Director Peter Cattaneo says ‘patience’ was key to working with real penguins on new film The Penguin Lessons

Filmmaker Peter Cattaneo used real penguins on set for his new comedy-drama movie 'The Penguin Lessons’, and admits that working with live animals brings it's own set of unique challenges.

BANG Premier · Apr 4, 2025

Steve Coogan greeted penguins every day of filming for The Penguin Lessons

The film follows the true story of an Englishman who rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach in a divided Argentina.

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025

The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan’s teacher p-p-picks up a penguin in 70s Argentina

Tom Michell’s feelgood memoir could have been a winning buddy movie with Coogan’s colleague – if it wasn’t for the titular bird always muscling its way in looking baffled

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

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