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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 25 Nov 2014

Strives to be entertaining, but for much of its run time it is so emotionally uninvolving that even the smallest children might find themselves bored…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 25 Nov 2014

A lazy, noisy ADHD-addled collection of animated clichés guaranteed to give anyone older than 5 a headache, even if you don’t see it in…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Bill Zwecker (128) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 25 Nov 2014

From the opening frame right up to the whirlwind finale, you will be treated to non-stop action, clever dialogue and quite a bit of zany energy…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 25 Nov 2014

I'm cynical enough to believe there's a cuteness-to-pop-culture-reference algorithm at play - but it doesn't matter, as long as we're laughing…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Inkoo Kang (374) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 Nov 2014

The unfunny, unmoving, and uninspired Penguins never persuades us of its need to exist…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Soren Andersen (496) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 25 Nov 2014

Penguin power! Submit to it. Resistance is futile…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 25 Nov 2014

Hell, it starts with a Werner Herzog joke. You know, for the kids…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Nov 2014

This is a joyless, frenetic film that is very rarely funny…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Nov 2014

Penguins of Madagascar moves at full throttle, a pace kids will love but which may become exhausting for their adult companions…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for The New York Times (9,847) on 25 Nov 2014

The decision to focus on the series’s comic relief has resulted in the loosest and perhaps funniest film of the brand…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 25 Nov 2014

As “cute and cuddly” as ever, and often downright hilarious…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 25 Nov 2014

It is a perfect example of marketing driving the machine…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Nov 2014

It’s a movie content to stay within the show’s comfort zone, changing things up mainly with flashier, 3-D visuals, a couple of which are…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 24 Nov 2014

It could be a solid favorite. For viewers under 12, that is…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Nov 2014

A sassy script and good-natured voice work from Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich should keep kids and grownups entertained over the holidays…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Nov 2014

It does well to put more focus on delivering a plethora of jokes, imitations, zippy repartee, and sight gags than its plot's familiar machinations…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 24 Nov 2014

It is not so much bad as it is stunningly indifferent to providing anything beyond occasional surface-level entertainment value…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Nov 2014

While there are plenty of madcap antics to fill a feature, all that manic energy ultimately proves to be more exhausting than exhilarating…

Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Nov 2014

The graceful camerawork, precise editing and high-quality animation still can’t disguise the lack of imagination that went into the overall…

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