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Film Review - The Penguin Lessons

Film Review - The Penguin Lessons

Steve Coogan delights in this tale of a cynical English teacher and flippered companion amid the emerging Argentinian dictatorship

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Apr 25, 2025
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I’ll admit my eyes rolled when an opening caption revealed The Penguin Lessons is “inspired by real events”. This bland statement typically encompasses films on a spectrum from some heavily massaged facts involved to almost entirely made up. In short, it switches my brain to I’ll-just-pretend-it’s-fiction mode, to…

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