Good kid flick

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2005)

We saw a screening of this last night. It was me and my 5 year old, who was very excited to be seeing it, from viewing all the commercials about it's release coming up. My daughter loved the music and dance sequences. She also like how "sassy" the Hippo Gloria was. I felt the movie moved very quickly. The animation was good, what one would expect from Dreamworks. There was a lot of funny dialogue between the characters. I felt the Giraffe Melman character was a bit annoying and nerve racking. I would recommend for kids 5 and under. The music made my daughter want to dance at the end. She enjoyed the experience. I enjoyed Chris Rock's character the Zebra. He had many humorous lines. Ben Stiller didn't really come across as being the best voice for the Lion Alex.