Madagascar

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Madagascar

PG

2005

1h 26m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape -- with the help of some prodigious penguins -- to explore the world.

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Critics Consensus

Though its story is problematic in spots and its humor is hit-or-miss for the adult crowd, Madagascar boasts impressive visuals and enough spunky charm to keep children entertained.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

11/16/2011

Boring and bedraggled.

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Erin Clements

Time Out

09/20/2008

Lame scatalogical gags and worn pop-culture parodies abound, but the CGI animation romp is somewhat redeemed by the scene-stealing appearances of several supporting characters.

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Empire Magazine

01/07/2006

3/5

Doesn't really live up to the promise that the idea and voice talent deserve. But it's still spirited, amiable, featherweight summer fun.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/09/2024

1/4

Not only is the film forgettable, it’s gallingly despicable.

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Olly Richards

Sunday Times (UK)

09/19/2022

The voice cast — Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen — is inspired and the jokes are absolutely packed in.

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Mat Brunet

AniMat's Review (YouTube)

09/09/2022

9/10

Madagascar is a fantastic animated feature that is a great example of DreamWorks Animation during the peak of their early years.

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Debbie

03/12/2023

Perfect movie for the kids and some of us "young at heart". The kids thought it was great.

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stephan C

05/12/2021

Both kids and adults can enjoy this movie. Plenty of action.

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John K

@UndeadKingUK Nov 29

One of the worst DreamWorks movies ever made! The animation is terrible, even for 2005 standards because Shrek 2 and Shark Tale came out one year prior and their animation looked better than this, for some reason Madagascar has the same budget shark Tale and they couldn’t even make it that good. It makes me wonder where did the budget go? The reason why I bring up the terrible animation is because most of the time you get characters close-up onto the screen either screaming, smiling or crying, makes me wonder if this film was intended as a torture device because it makes the film so creepy. I feel like DreamWorks must’ve rushed through this and spent all their work on Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Also, I hated Alex the lion in this one because he so unlikeable and I wouldn’t be surprised if he was originally going to be the villain of the film, if that’s true, the change might have happened at the last minute.

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C D

Nov 26

well it's fine i guess

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Nov 26

I love this movie all lot and also sequel of this movie and this one right here it’s also my favorites At all time and I also give this one with the 2nd and the 3rd one 10000/10 and with a tomatoes of this one right here too and also same with the 2nd one and the 3rd one too and by the way awesome and also a great and a funny and fun movie at all time too and it also this movie won in Nickelodeon kids choice awards back in 2006

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Ian A

Nov 13

I like to move it OUT OF HERE!!!!

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Eric Darnell

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Ben Stiller

Alex the Lion

Chris Rock

Marty the Zebra

David Schwimmer

Melman the Giraffe

Jada Pinkett Smith

Gloria the Hippo

Madagascar: Official Clip - Penguin Boat Takeover

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Madagascar: Official Clip - Caught in Grand Central Station

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Madagascar: Official Clip - A Toast to Alex

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Madagascar: Official Clip - Alex Goes Crazy

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Madagascar: Official Clip - Penguins to the Rescue

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Madagascar: Official Clip - I Like to Move It Move It

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Madagascar: Official Clip - Shipped to Africa

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Madagascar: Official Clip - What a Wonderful World

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Madagascar: Official Clip - On the Beach

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Madagascar: Official Clip - Crying Mort

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Synopsis

Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape -- with the help of some prodigious penguins -- to explore the world.

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Producer: Teresa Cheng, Mireille Soria
Screenwriter: Mark Burton, Billy Frolick, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: DreamWorks SKG
Rating: PG (Mild Language|Crude Humor|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 27, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $193.1M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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