Funny movie, but with a stupid story

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2005)

This movie is entertaining and sometimes very funny, but the story is worthless.
First it deals about a zebra who lives in a zoo and wants to go to and experience the wild. His three zoo animal friends (lion, giraffe, hippopotamus) don't want to go to the wild. When the four animals accidentally move from the zoo to the wild (Madagascar) the story deals about the lion having problems eating meat out of living animals (in stead of eating dead meat in the zoo). To 'save' the Lion from this problem, the four animals decide to return to the zoo. But in the end they can not leave because their ship is out of gas.
Not an inspirational story. No character in this movie learns any inspirational lesson or makes any inspirational choice. This creates an empty feeling in the end.
But, as I said, there were a lot of good jokes. And I also liked the music (by Hans Zimmer).