Blu-ray Review – Penguin Highway

With a title such as "Penguin Highway" and marketing that puts the titular animals all over trailers and posters, there's an implicit promise made for something adorable, even silly, to be offered to audiences. However, this picture is far from cuddly. Instead of putting together a romp starring a collection of runaway birds, director Hiroyasu Ishida tries to dig into the trials of maturation, overseeing this adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi's novel, which touches on the experience of a fourth-grader coming into contact with a fantastical event, only calmed by friendship, science, and the growing allure of female breasts. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com