Saved By The Penguins

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2005)

There's nothing wrong with Madagascar its a fairly entertaining kids movie that will just about hold an adults attention but unfortunately compared to the likes of Shrek and Toy Story it pales in comparison.
Having said that there are some fantastically funny scenes the problem being they nearly all involve supporting characters particularly the penguins and the monkeys who should have been given more screen time. Instead far to much time is devoted to Schwimmers paranoid giraffe and the painfully unfunny sassy hippo (voiced by Jada Pinkett-Smith).
It's not a bad film by any means but the laughs are to few and far between.
The kids will enjoy it but it wont hold theirs or your attention like Shrek, Toy Story or Ice Age 6/10