It’s hard to talk about a movie like March of the Penguins.  It’s harder still to talk about it without narrating it in your head in a voice that sounds just like Morgan Freeman’s.

And if you can read these paragraphs without hearing Morgan Freeman, well, then you’re  a stronger one than I am.

March of the Penguins, and its attendant documentary, On The Wings of Penguins (both of which are in the box set) are great looks at penguins.  One deals with penguins in the arctic, while the other deals with African penguins.  Needless to say, there are a whole lot of differences between the two, and you’ll learn all about them right here.

If you’re considering Christmas gifts for younger children, then this package might be pretty good for them.  Sure, you’ll have to fend off some unpleasant questions after a couple penguins and chicks die, but the sheer amount of information they’ll get out of it is fantastic.  Plus, there’s some penguin postcards and a little plushie penguin in the package, making this a pretty decent value for the price.

If your penguin knowledge consists primarily of anything you learned from Bloom County, then chances are you’ll learn a whole lot here, and Morgan Freeman’s expert narration keeps it fairly light and fun.

The Screenhead Ten Scale hands this sharply rich and pleasant documentary series a nine out of ten.  Neither movie by itself really earns that high a mark, but considering the incredible value of the two-movie box set, it’s worth a little bump.