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Norm of the North

Play trailer 1:45 Poster for Norm of the North PG Released Jan 15, 2016 1h 30m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Nicholas D This movie is THE most cliched, unoriginal, obnoxious, ugly, and annoying movie in the world! The animation makes the film feel like a direct-to-video film compared to professional studios like Pixar, DreamWorks, and friggin Illumination! And I could even say they copied character designs from movies made by those companies and pasted them onto the characters in this! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review Audience Member why was this made this is so bad,, Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Kaito K Fucking Hilarious Goofy Polar Bear Drawing Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Audience Member Norm is in my house rn someone help me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Jack C NUTSACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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