"Urmel aus dem Eis" or "Impy's Island" is a German movie from 2006, so this one had its 10th anniversary last year and is based on the possibly most famous story of the Augsburger Puppenkiste. For that one from several decades earlier, it is all about string puppets, but this new take on the story is all about the animation. Okay, it may not be Pixar, but it is pretty decent overall I would say. Same goes for the voice acting. They actually got a few well-known comedians/actors on board here, at least to German audiences. I am talking about Boning, Engelke, Völz, Herbst and Pocher. Oh yeah, and Oscar winner Hans Zimmer worked on the score, so this really shows you that we have a fairly prestigious project here. I believe the original Urmel mini-series became a bit weaker towards the end and this is maybe true here as well with the rescue mission and all. But I believe nonetheless that this was a good watch overall. I see the rating here is not that brilliant, but I guess many people who love the original just gave it a thumbs-down without giving it a chance even. That's a bit pathetic. I personally am not shy to say they did a good job here overall and I liked this even more than the original because this is our generation's approach, the modern take on the subject of the old film that has not aged too well. I guess audiences liked this relatively short film too (comfortable under half an hour and this already includes the ending credits) because they made a sequel that has nothing to do with the original story though. But the sequel is decent too. I would not have minded a third film, but looking at the time that has passed since the second film I guess it is not gonna happen. Back to this first film we have here, it is a thumbs up from me. Voice acting, story-telling and animation are all on a level that I liked. Greatness? No. Goodness? Yes. Probably more appropriate for children than for adults. Go see it with your kids perhaps.

I know this film has been dubbed into English (full disclosure- I voice Ping the penguin). Does anyone have any information regarding a USA or UK or other release? No one tells us actors anything... The script I saw was very funny, and I thought there was a moral that adults could appreciate as well as kids. Maybe there was a difference between the English translation and the original? The film reminded me of the Weinstein Co.'s recent release of Little Red Riding Hood which was under-promoted and under-appreciated, being from a smaller studio (ie- not Pixar or BlueSky)- the visuals I saw were amazing, with some of the best physical humor I've seen in any film, animated or live action. I hope more people get to see it!

I'm not fan of cartoons, but I've had very great times with some animated films such as Cars, Happy feet, Finding nemo etc, but this flick is very bad, the plot has been the worst presented I've ever seen, I had to halt it and watched it another day, really I couldn't stand it. Of course it's a movie for little boys and girls, they could enjoy it because there are nice colourful shots, that's why I graded it 4, but the script is very boring. Most of this genre of movies has a moral, thing that I couldn't find in Urmel Aus dem Eis. Could anybody tell me what kind of message the production wanted to convey with this video? Not a real story, not an interesting plot, not a clear moral. Abstain from watching it, let your kids alone in front of the TV. 2010 I still think that ithis movie was a piece of ...nothing

Hi, this is a animated remake of the classic 60s and 70s German TV Series "Augsburger Puppenkiste".I went with a my kids and a bunch of others (four girls aged seven and two boys aged ten). The seven year olds liked it, mainly because of the slapstick humour. The ten year olds thought it was a bit slow, not enough excitement for them. The cinema was full of little kids though and there was a lot of laughing going on.The characters are true to their original characters. They behave the same way and have the same speech impediments. The storyline is exactly the same as the old one. Nothing new here. The animation was OK, but they weren't trying to do anything special with it, just entertain kids.Worth taking the kids to on a rainy Saturday afternoon, but I wouldn't go if I was an adult.