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05/27/05
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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:May 27, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $193,136,719
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
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Reviews for Madagascar
...less the next breakthrough in computer animation than a kids movie the whole family can enjoy.
05/27/05
Madagascar is the first film in a while that will make the whole family smile.
05/27/05
The movie seems a little undernourished in the story department, and attempts to infuse the proceedings with adult-pleasing humor don't always rise to brilliant levels.
05/27/05
Top CriticMadagascar is content with being a genial kids' movie, cute, sporadically clever, rarely memorable.
05/27/05
It's a good-humored, pleasant confection that has all kinds of relaxed fun bringing computer-animated savvy to the old-fashioned world of Looney Tunes cartoons.
05/27/05
Top CriticSputters to an end without building to any sort of satisfying conclusion.
05/27/05
Top CriticIt'll be fun for the smaller kids, but there's not much crossover appeal for their parents.
05/27/05
Top CriticMadagascar makes you long for a time when story was more important than cleverness; before having celebrities voicing the characters was a marketing requisite; before you needed to be thoroughly immersed in pop culture to get the gags.
05/27/05
Top CriticThe silly, good-natured Madagascar is a significant improvement over DreamWorks’ previous animated effort, Shark Tale.
05/27/05
The penguins, lemurs, and chimps absolutely steal the show!
05/27/05
The promise of the first half is not met in the second.
05/27/05
It's not groundbreaking by any means, but it's the best family film out there so far this Summer.
05/27/05
...the film is just so bland...
05/27/05
If Shark Tale was Shrek Light, then Madagascar is Shrek Dry.
05/27/05
It's funny and entertaining with great characters, and enough jokes just for the adults to make everybody happy.
05/27/05
In an ocean of family films that either try too hard or aim too low, Madagascar is a charming, genuinely funny picture that provides a good ride for adults and kids.
05/27/05
...Whenever the film seems in danger of getting bland, [Baron Cohen's] scenes kick it up to another level
05/27/05
...There’s no love affair, no princess, no… well, no anything, really – just lemurs and steak fantasies. But it’s still a fun bit of fluff, and a well-rendered one at that.
05/27/05
Everything that happens feels forced; none of it is organic.
05/27/05
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