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Madagascar (2005)
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Movie Review by AJ 
July 13th, 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 nice, all angular and cartoony, but it's the script that fails Madagascar. It lacks the type of humor that will appeal to both children and adults; this venture is for the kiddies only, and that's a disappointment considering the talented voice cast of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith. They try their best to make the material funnier than it actually is, and for the most part, they succeed in doing so. Madagascar is not a very smart movie nor is it very funny. If you're looking for something meaningless and not overly intelligent to veg out on and kill time, I'd still recommend Shrek 2 no matter how disappointing it was. But at least Madgascar has some awesome penguins that should've been the focus of the movie instead of the lead band of trite zoo creatures.
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