Madagascar

Pros: Cute movie with good animation
Cons: Not as good as it could have been. Might scare some children.

Several animated movies are released every year now. I tend to go see most of them because I still enjoy animation. I wanted to see Madagascar after the first time I saw a preview for the movie even though I was a bit disappointed with ...

Pros: The penguins and the lemurs are interesting
Cons: Everything else is not

Marty the zebra has been dreaming of a life in the wild lately. Marty (Chris Rock) just turned ten years old, and has spent his life entertaining the throngs of daily visitors to the Central Park Zoo. His best friend, Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), doesn't ...

Pros: Consistently funny, animation, PENGUINS!!!
Cons: A little crude and simple, no real depth

Madagascar is the latest animated offering from Dreamworks and is aimed pretty squarely at children, though it’s got enough humour to be fun for adults too. (In fact, when I saw it there were no children present at the cinema!!) Meet ...

Pros: funny in parts, family film
Cons: not too impressive, few original story points

Dreamworks has produced another mega box office hit with the film Madagascar. Taking the approach of using animals to carry a story is nothing new though, and even though the movie made a ton of money, I don't think that it stands out above anything ...

Pros: Funny, fun characters, great to look at, colorful
Cons: that my son had to go to the bathroom during a good part!

Over the Memorial Day weekend we decided to venture out to the movies to see the latest from Dreamworks, Madagascar. Surprisingly for an opening weekend of the movie and it being a holiday movie the theatre was only sparcely occupied - but perhaps ...

Pros: Nice animation
Cons: Not funny, boring, too much adult stuff

Madagascar is the newest computer animated cartoon from Dreamworks, who are not to be confused with Disney. It features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and David Schwimmer. In short, I did not like it. It wasn’t very ...

Pros: Great Fun for all... only 86 minutes for those little ones with short attention spans
Cons: None

The other day, while babysitting for my 3 year old grandson Alex, I decided to take a little trip with him to Madagascar when I found the DVD my daughter had just bought for the kids on top of their Television…What a great opportunity for a ...

Pros: Good animation, hilarious voice cast, family friendly, cleaner than "Shrek."
Cons: Animation a step below Pixar, but still good.

'twas the night before Thankgiving, and all through the house,Not a child was annoying, because they were all glued to the TV.Okay, it'll never be a classic, and it doesn't even rhyme.  But that's what we were doing the night before ...

Pros: Movie references; penguins
Cons: Every thing else

Along time ago, it became obvious to me that Dreamworks Animation was carrying on a feud with Disney (and therefore Pixar.) Every time Pixar announced a film, Dreamworks announced a similarly themed movie. And the Pixar film was always better. So I ...

Pros: Funny enough for adults to enjoy.
Cons: Cheap humor.

In most cases, the Memorial Day weekend is thought of as the debut of the Summer Movie Season. This year, the debut came a little earlier of course, thanks to Mr. Lucas. That of course, meant that Memorial Day at the cinema felt somewhat anti-climactic, ...

Pros: Visually impressive, fun characters, some really fun jokes and visual gags
Cons: Anti-climatic toward the end, may frighten small children

I was able to see Madagascar tonight, after anxiously awaiting its release ever since I saw the first preview with adorable animals. As a result, I had enormously high expectations going in. While the film wasn’t quite as amazing as I ...

Pros: solid animation, funny, the PENGUINS
Cons: at times slow, little in terms of plot, ending out of nowhere

Computer animation has provided some of the most memorable and enjoyable movies of the past 5-6 years. From Shrek to Finding Nemo to Ice Age, they've revolutionized the family filmgoing experience. Lately, however, there has been a ...

Pros: funny, well cast, great visuals, uses music well
Cons: someone decided to make it a message movie, very oriented toward adults, ill conceived subplot

I admit it. I chortled, guffawed, and giggled my way through the Madagascar trailer the first time I saw it. I nearly howled with laughter at the last punchline. I saw the trailer last week for about the tenth time and, even knowing what was to ...

Pros: Colorful, vibrant, slapsticky, fun
Cons: Slight characters, drab voice actors

We've now reached the point in the CG cycle where we no longer ask "Is it as good as Pixar?" The new question regarding computer animation movies is "Is it better than Shark Tale?" And considering that "Madagascar" is the next CG family comedy from ...

Pros: Entertaining visually, fun supporting characters, with a pretty complex theme for a kids' movie.
Cons: Protagonists are kinda blah, and many attempts at humor aren't that effective.

Early on in MADAGASCAR, all the animals are escaping from the Central Park Zoo. Following behind the pack are two monkeys. One exclaims to the other, "Tom Wolfe is appearing at Lincoln Center!" and then, responding to his silent partner's signed ...