Norm of the North

Bear to be different

A polar bear of many words, Norm's greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do…he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day. The critics were thoroughly unimpressed.

90 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family.

Good doggie...

Credits

Cast	Voices of Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Loretta Devine
Director	Trevor Wall
Screenplay	Daniel Altiere, Steven Altiere, Malcolm T. Goldman
Music	Stephen McKeon
Sound formats
Made in	2016
Produced by	Assemblage Entertainment, Lionsgate, Splash Entertainment, Telegael

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Infrequent, low impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for mild rude humor and action
Runtime	90
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 6 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Frank Scheck It's harmless, bearable fun for the small fry.	5
Die Burger Herman Lategan Prul bespoedig Klaas Vakie se taak.	2
ScreenIt Jim Judy The computer animation is mediocre to not great (especially in certain shots where it looks downright clunky and cheap), the vocal work is unremarkable, and there just isn't anything special or interesting enough to engage anyone above the four or five-year-old level.	7
Metacritic.com 17 critics	4
Rottentomatoes critics 36 critics	5
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	0
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	7
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Conservation-themed animal tale has lots of potty humor.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 32 users	1
Rottentomatoes users 3855 users	5
Internet 703 Netizens Excellent in every way.	5
Average .. 21%	4