Norm of the North

2016 • 90 minutes

About this movie

Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.

Ratings and reviews

Didn't meet expectations (and let's face it, they were set low...). I brought my daughter to see this movie, and she said she liked it, but said so with no enthusiasm. Actually, she just said, "Yeah," when asked if she liked it. The whole thing felt like a direct to video production. The production quality was behind the standard of TV animation from 5 years ago. I was actually surprised that there was more to the story than I expected, but it wasn't developed into anything valid. It would have been well served to have another draft or so. Then there are the characters. Flat. The lemmings were just too poorly done. Ugh. Ok, ok, I admit, I don't mind a fart gag or two. I can handle juvenile humour. I expect that with a kids movie, but the humour never got elevated past that. When I go to an animated movie, I expect to get a few laughs that go right over my daughter's head. None here. Not funny, not interesting. Don't waste your time.

The movie was very poorly made. It had very dumbed down dialogue and the humour was very lame. It never escalated passed juvenile humour and fart jokes. The characters are obnoxious and terrible, and there are far too many of them. The animation is awful, it looks like the animation of which you'd see on an animated television series and certainly not a film. Nothing can take away from how chunky and irritating the polar bear's fur is. The only thing the movie can get some credit for is its meaningful message, but other than that, the movie is boring and a waste of money and time.

This is a terrible price of crap. It made me want to go do laundry... cut the lawn... eat a urinal puck. There is nothing worse than having to sit through this with your kids. Actually will make them stupid. This is a complete 'miss'. Save your time and money.