With director Mark Waters at the helm (no stranger to these high concept «comedies», with the
actually - pretty - decent «Freaky Friday» remake and «The Spiderwick Chronicles», as well as crowning achievement «Mean Girls» under his
belt), «Penguins» barrels down to one of most asinine climaxes in recent memory, culminating with a press announcement that unites all the major and minor characters, and involves plot twists that ring of desperation to
wrap up on a self - congratulatory note.