Fun chemistry but uncomfortable story

Rating: 5/10 (2 November 2013)

Lion Alex (Ben Stiller), Zebra Marty (Chris Rock), Giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer), and Hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) are best friends and stars at New York's Central Park Zoo. When Marty escapes, the gang goes after him. Once they're captured, they find themselves being transfered to Kenya Wildlife Preserve. Only the Penguins muck everything up, and the group is stranded in the wilds of Madagascar.
This is a fun group of characters. It works great for a while. However it goes to an uncomfortable place with Alex being hungry and his friends looking more like food. It's a very dark storyline for a kid's movie. It doesn't fit. It needs to find its happy place.