Review of Madagascar (2005) by Simon A — 17 May 2012
Madagascar is a delight for children and another success from Dreamworks, Madagascar tells the story of four animals, Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), who have spent their lives in blissful captivity in the Central Park Zoo.
When the zoo's penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (John DiMaggio) and Private (Christopher Knights) decide to make a break for it, Marty follows them into the city. Alex, Gloria, and Melman set out to find Marty before he gets into trouble, but they're a bit too late, and soon the zookeepers have decided that the animals are restless and need to be returned to the wild.
Soon the critters find themselves living on the coast of Madagascar, where they discover a group of lemurs under attack by Fossa while Alex tries to formulates a plan to escape back to New York, the Lemurs leader King Julian (Sacha Baron Cohen) formulates a plan to use the the friends to defend them against the Fossa.
Critics tend to be polerized by this film but its really popular amongst the audience and it's not hard to see why, its funny, its lighthearted, its escapist, it's got great animation, it's a film about friendship, it's got great vocal work and it takes somewhere we might be able to go because its too expensive.
Honestly Madagascar is another achievement from dreamworks and I say familes will love it.Please comment.
This review of Madagascar (2005) was written by Simon A on 17 May 2012.
Madagascar has generally received positive reviews.
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