Not as good as it could have been

Rating: 5/10 (4 June 2005)

The story of a group of animals from a zoo in New York who want to find the Wild. With the help (or possibly in spite of) some penguins, they manage to crash on Madagascar - the Wild. It's not long before their natural instincts start to show themselves. Can a zebra and a lion coexist when one of them is hungry?

Very hit or miss. Had the movie focused on the penguins, it might have been a winner. Instead, the "stars" are Alex the Lion and Marty the Zebra as voiced by Ben Stiller and Chris Rock. Is there a more annoying person on the planet who thinks he's funny than Stiller? I just don't get it. I find him dull and unfunny. Chris Rock is okay, he just seems out of place in this kind of movie.