Norm of the North

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Norm of the North

PG

Released Jan 15, 2016

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Norm (Rob Schneider) the polar bear doesn't know how to hunt, but he does possess the unique ability to talk to humans. When the wealthy Mr. Greene (Ken Jeong) unveils his idea to build luxury condos in the Arctic, Norm realizes that his beloved home is in jeopardy. Accompanied by three mischievous lemmings, Norm stows away on a ship to New York. Once there, he meets a surprising ally (Maya Kay) who helps him hatch a scheme to sabotage the shady developer's plans.

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Critics Consensus

A pioneering feat in the field of twerking polar bear animation but blearily retrograde in every other respect, Norm of the North should only be screened in case of parental emergency.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Norm of the North is a rancid excursion into well-intentioned animated chaos that proves to be an excruciating endurance test no one of sound mind or body should ever attempt to watch, and that includes their children.

Rated: 0.5/4

Aug 16, 2016

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

With its strangely adult plot about global warming and real estate development and its mediocre animation style, Norm of the North is one to skip.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 2, 2016

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Plays like a bargain-bin mashup of tropes lifted from Happy Feet, Madagascar, Ice Age et al.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 20, 2016

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Has little to recommend it. Padded with dance numbers - two in the first fifteen minutes alone - and montages, the best that can be said is that bad movies like this are important to remind us that the Pixar movies aren't flukes.

Rated: 0/5

Feb 3, 2021

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Cate Marquis

We Are Movie Geeks

Sometimes a film critic has to throw himself or herself on a bomb for the good of the movie-going public.

Rated: 1/5

May 7, 2019

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

I really don't have anything good to say about it. I guess congrats for getting a movie made.

Rated: F

Apr 17, 2019

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Austin K

Not really funny, I mean the animation looks really low quality. All the graphics look pretty crappy and ugly. The whole movie is just plain out bad and poorly written.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Joseph G

What the hell did I just watch? 😅😅

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Dominic C

I torture myself with bad movies all the time, I don't know why, it's just something I do, but this was one of the most unbearable ones ever

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Audience Member

This is horrible. This is so bad. This is one of the most generic movies I’ve ever seen. It’s the most boring story ever. Socrates is the only good character since he’s played a Bill Nighy. But that doesn’t stop the movie from being mid. Also this movie was apparently in theaters. I don’t know how that’s the case, but it sucks and I hate it. 🤢🤮

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/25

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Giangiorgio L

Il peggior film che abbia mai visto

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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TROY S

Norm of the North is painfully bad, with stilted dialogue and a palpable sense throughout that the writers were struggling to fill up 90 minutes. It seems to operate on the premise that animation, cute madcap antics by furry animals and an inspiration-ish story line are enough to make a good movie. The product is the very definition of "mailing it in", and by the end I felt that the producer must have had actual contempt for the viewers. Awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/07/24

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Synopsis

Norm (Rob Schneider) the polar bear doesn't know how to hunt, but he does possess the unique ability to talk to humans. When the wealthy Mr. Greene (Ken Jeong) unveils his idea to build luxury condos in the Arctic, Norm realizes that his beloved home is in jeopardy. Accompanied by three mischievous lemmings, Norm stows away on a ship to New York. Once there, he meets a surprising ally (Maya Kay) who helps him hatch a scheme to sabotage the shady developer's plans.

Director: Trevor Wall
Producer: Nicolas Atlan, Liz Young, Mike Young, Steven Rosen, Ken Katsumoto, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott
Screenwriter: Malcolm T. Goldman, Steven Altiere, Daniel Altiere
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Splash Entertainment, Telegael, Assemblage Entertainment
Rating: PG (Mild Rude Humor and Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.0M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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