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Madagascar (2005)
This computer-animated comedy stars four civilized Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their entire lives in blissful captivity. But when they are unexpectedly shipped to Africa and get shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar, these native New Yorkers must try to survive and come to terms with what it truly means to be 'wild'. (read more)
| Release Date: | May 27th, 2005 |
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Madagascar Movie Review by Zara  (12/14/2008) |
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While there are portions of this movie which are (expectedly so) stupid and the fact that the movie is built mainly on the whining of Chris Rock's zebra character who wants to get out of the zoo and Ben Stiller's lion character who loves being the central attraction there, this movie does what it needs to do to be a...
(complete Madagascar review by Zara)
| Madagascar Movie Review by AJ (7/13/2006) |
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One of the two directors of Antz, Tim Johnson, went on to co-direct this year's very funny and subversive Over the Hedge. The other director, Eric Darnell, co-directed this tepid and very mediocre little farce about colorful animals being transferred from Central Park Zoo to the wild. The animation style is actually very...
(complete Madagascar review by AJ)
| Madagascar Movie Review by Matthew (5/31/2005) |
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Recent animated efforts have tried to create 3-D characters and environments, but the filmmakers have wisely chosen another course for “Madagascar”. Adopting a stylized form of animation, the film looks like a living picture book. Everything is cartoonier than we are used to. Alex, Marty and Melman are still rendered in...
(complete Madagascar review by Matthew)
This movie sooooo wants you to like it.
It tries to be charming and smart and original, but it just comes off like a mish-mash of ideas for better movies that were forced into this package.
I get really pissed off at movies that seem to be designed for profiting off the fact that kids really don't know the difference. ...
(complete Madagascar review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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