My Penguin Friend is a 2024 family adventure film directed by David Schurmann, written by Paulina Lagudi Ulrich and Kristen Lazarian, and starring Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza.
[3] On April 19, 2022, it was reported that Jonathan Lim had launched the American production company City Hill Arts,[4] and that their first film would be The Penguin & the Fisherman, to be directed by David Schurmann and starring Jean Reno.
[6] The film was produced by Jonathan Lim, Robin Jonas, Steven P. Wegner, Andreas Wentz, Nicolas Veinberg, Shaked Berenson, and Patrick Ewald.
The website's consensus reads: "Pairing the ever-reliable Jean Reno with a scene-stealing feathered co-star to winning effect, My Penguin Friend mostly coasts by on charm -- which is not in short supply.
It's an earnest, crowd-pleasing family film – nothing snarky or self-referential, no on-the-nose needle drops - just a sweet, beautifully made movie that earns the emotion it'll surely draw from its viewers.