Comical, hilarious, fluffy.

Rating: 10/10 (21 September 2005)

A depressed but spoiled zebra called Marty (Chris Rock)is suffering from a mid-life crisis, just after his tenth birthday party. After realizing the "pshychotic" penguins are leaving to go back to their natural habitat (which, ultimately, "sucks"), Marty sets off on an adventure to... well, anywhere really.
Soon enough, the self-obsessed lion Alex (Ben Stiller), the constantly worrying giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer), and the gruff but caring hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith), Marty's best friends, follow him and end up on the subway. The public read this as a desperate plea for freedom from the four, and are shipped off to another zoo. Once the animals realize what is happening, they start to argue, but as they try to hit each other the boat gets slightly tilted, thus resulting in them being thrusted off of the boat to Madagascar.
They are hastily welcomed by Julien the lemur (Sacha Baren Cohen), the stubborn and self-centered king of the island.
Alas, Alex struggles without steak, and hates even the idea of the wild, whilst Marty is struggling to realize how he can dislike it. Will they make it back to civilization or stay on Madagascar? Well worth the short 86 minutes.
Enjoy!