<P> Thomas Popper ( Jim Carrey ) , is a divorced real estate entrepreneur whose father traveled around the world during his childhood in the 1970s . He learns that his father has died during an adventure to Antarctica . The following week , a crate containing a gentoo penguin , named Captain , shows up at his door as a souvenir from his father 's last adventure . A few days later , five more penguins arrive . Popper intends to give them away but changes his idea when his children , Janie ( Madeline Carroll ) and Billy ( Maxwell Perry Cotton ) , think that the animals are Billy 's birthday present . At work , Popper is given the task of buying Tavern on the Green , the only privately owned real estate in Central Park that is an old restaurant where he used to eat with his father when he was a child . However , its elderly owner , Selma Van Gundy , will only sell it to a person of true value . Popper has unsuccessful meetings with her , and she refuses to sell the restaurant to him . Having the penguins around helps Popper become closer to his children . He also begins dating their mother , Amanda Popper again . The penguins lay three eggs . Two eggs hatch , and one does n't . Popper becomes obsessed with seeing the last egg hatch , losing his job . Popper realizes that the egg ca n't be hatched so he decides to donate the penguins to the New York Zoo . Then , he is re-employed but his children and former wife are disappointed by his decision . Popper finds a lost letter from his father telling him to hold his children close and love them . Popper asks his children and former wife to help him get the penguins back from the zoo . They find the penguins , free them and they get away and flee to the tavern . Upon seeing how Popper had reunited his family and saved the penguins , Van Gundy sells him the restaurant . Popper decides to renovate and reopen the restaurant . Popper and his family travel to Antarctica with the penguins , allowing them to live with their own kind . Popper 's first penguin , Captain , reveals to have laid another egg . Popper tells his children that they 'll visit them when the baby is born . </P>
<P> Thomas Popper ( Jim Carrey ) , is a divorced real estate entrepreneur whose father traveled around the world during his childhood in the 1970s . He learns that his father has died during an adventure to Antarctica . The following week , a crate containing a gentoo penguin , named Captain , shows up at his door as a souvenir from his father 's last adventure . A few days later , five more penguins arrive . Popper intends to give them away but changes his idea when his children , Janie ( Madeline Carroll ) and Billy ( Maxwell Perry Cotton ) , think that the animals are Billy 's birthday present . At work , Popper is given the task of buying Tavern on the Green , the only privately owned real estate in Central Park that is an old restaurant where he used to eat with his father when he was a child . However , its elderly owner , Selma Van Gundy , will only sell it to a person of true value . Popper has unsuccessful meetings with her , and she refuses to sell the restaurant to him . Having the penguins around helps Popper become closer to his children . He also begins dating their mother , Amanda Popper again . The penguins lay three eggs . Two eggs hatch , and one does n't . Popper becomes obsessed with seeing the last egg hatch , losing his job . Popper realizes that the egg ca n't be hatched so he decides to donate the penguins to the New York Zoo . Then , he is re-employed but his children and former wife are disappointed by his decision . Popper finds a lost letter from his father telling him to hold his children close and love them . Popper asks his children and former wife to help him get the penguins back from the zoo . They find the penguins , free them and they get away and flee to the tavern . Upon seeing how Popper had reunited his family and saved the penguins , Van Gundy sells him the restaurant . Popper decides to renovate and reopen the restaurant . Popper and his family travel to Antarctica with the penguins , allowing them to live with their own kind . Popper 's first penguin , Captain , reveals to have laid another egg . Popper tells his children that they 'll visit them when the baby is born . </P>
who plays the daughter in mr popper 's penguins
who plays the daughter in mr popper 's penguins
Madeline Carroll
Madeline Carroll