Article: `Kung Fu Panda' will kick its way into your heart.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: JAMES VERNIERE

"KUNG FU PANDA"

Rated PG. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium, suburban theaters and Jordan's Furniture IMAX in Natick and Reading.

Grade: B+

I say thank heavens it's not "Kung Fu Penguin."

"Kung Fu Panda," the formulaic, but entertaining and often dazzling animated extravaganza from DreamWorks, is a 3-D effort featuring Jack Black as Po, a panda whose father, Mr. Ping (James Hong of "Chinatown," "Blade Runner"), is a goose.

If you think that might be confusing, Po, who works at his father's popular noodle shop, has no kung fu skills.

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