Highly recommended for kids and adults.
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06/07/05
Madagascar (2005)
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Reviews Counted:179
Fresh:98
Rotten:81
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: A solid if unspectacular CGI flick.
Theatrical Release:15-07-2005
Synopsis: The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated DreamWorks feature. Chris Rock does the voice of... [More]
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Reviews for Madagascar
Top CriticAmiably entertaining.
08/11/08
Top CriticDoesn’t really live up to the promise that the idea and voice talent deserve. But it’s still spirited, amiable, featherweight summer fun.
01/07/06
Top CriticBetter than Shark Tale but still leagues away from the brilliance of the first Shrek.
07/18/05
Gleefully entertaining fluff with absolutely no depth at all.
06/04/05
Lame scatalogical gags and worn pop-culture parodies abound, but the CGI animation romp is somewhat redeemed by the scene-stealing appearances of several supporting characters.
06/24/06
Top CriticBrightly coloured but poorly thought out and generally disappointing comedy, despite the odd funny moment.
07/16/05
Madagascar revels in its own silliness and does so unapologetically.
05/27/05
The humor – in large part supplied by four wily, scene-stealing penguins - is strong enough to make up for the film’s lack of enchanting voices.
05/26/05
They played a rectal thermometer joke. I’ve always been trying to find a way to work rectal thermometers into my writing, and I just couldn’t.
05/26/05
Unlike many children's films, Madagascar really is entertainment for little ones. It's no Finding Nemo, but it is leaps above Shark Tale.
05/27/05
Madagascar is solid family entertainment - not the best or most groundbreaking of the genre, but certainly an enjoyable movie that is worth catching.
05/30/05
Kinda funny. Kinda annoying. Pretty. In love with its own mediocrity.
05/25/05
The movie is like a doughnut, with frosting on the edges and a big hole in the middle.
05/26/05
Top Critic...less the next breakthrough in computer animation than a kids movie the whole family can enjoy.
05/27/05
Like Looney Tunes, there's cartoon craziness for the kids and knowing, 'wink-wink' humor to keep the grown-ups giggling and guessing at the film allusions that fill the clever script.
05/26/05
... instead of wild, this movie is mild.
06/06/05
Like its jailbreak protagonists, the film grows more ambitious outside the confines of the zoo and truly takes off when the four best friends accidentally wash up on the shores of Madagascar.
06/04/05
The tenor can be shrill, but there's no time to get bored. And on top of that, most of the gags actually work.
09/26/05
For all of its easy jokes about poop and flatulence, the one stinking here is the movie itself.
06/20/05
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