Mr. Popper's Penguins

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.

Critics found Mr. Popper's Penguins a thoroughly middling affair — harmless and predictable in equal measure, propped up by Jim Carrey's presence but never doing much with it. Audiences in theaters were considerably warmer on it than critics were, a gap that says more about expectations than execution.