Despite an all-star cast that includes Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, it’s a magpie that steals every scene in the Netflix family drama “Penguin Bloom.” Directed by Glendyn Ivin, the ...

Penguin Bloom is a 2021 family drama directed by Glendyn Ivin. Based on a real-life story, the flick puts Samantha Bloom, a free-spirited surfer, at the forefront. When an unfortunate accident leaves ...

Telling of the rehabilitation of an Australian athlete, Sam Bloom, who – true to her surname – learns to blossom anew following a terrible injury, this Netflix film is carried aloft by the integrity ...

As the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons … get a magpie! That’s what Naomi Watts’ character Sam Bloom does in the tender but predictable drama “Penguin Bloom” after she falls from a Thailand ...

Among many different genres of newly released movies, Netflix’s “Penguin Bloom” was far from disappointing and gave a lasting outlook on life. Based on a true story from the book of the same name, ...

In 2013, Samantha Bloom was vacationing with her husband and their three young sons in Thailand when she suffered a devastating accident. While on an observation deck at their hotel, Bloom leaned ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Penguin Bloom on Netflix will tug on your heartstrings, and even more so if you caught the title card at the beginning that the film is based on a true story. Directed by ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

Penguin Bloom (Netflix) - This new original film tells the true story of Samantha Bloom, an Australian woman paralyzed from the chest down during a freak accident in 2013. Sam, an avid outdoorswoman, ...