Best Dreamworks CGI film ever!!!

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2005)

Beccad90's Overview:
Plot: Good
Characters: Great
Reasons to watch: Madagascar is...well the title says it all. It's worth watching, much more than Shrek II, which really grates on your nerves when played over and over again...trust me...I know....anyway, it is very funny and entertaining, especially with funnymen Ben Stiller and Chris Rock paired with Friends' Dave Schwimmer and Mrs. Fresh prince herself, Jada Pinkett Smith. Alongside are Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Borat) and Cedric The Entertainer, which makes for an excellent film.
Basic Plot: Alex (Stiller), a big-time lion, Gloria (Smith), a maternal yet tough-&-gritty hippo, Marty (Rock), a daydreaming zebra and Melman (Schwimmer), a neurotic giraffe are all neighbors at the Central Park Zoo. Marty, however, longs to go to "The Wild." He gets his wish when he escapes from the zoo and heads for the train station. Soon after, they are shipped to a Kenya wildlife preserve, but the crates they are in fall off the ship and they wash up on the shore of...the title says it all...Madagascar, where they (especially Alex) get in touch with their wild side...literally...
Benifits: If you are sick of all those Shrek Movies...this will be a nice sigh of relief...
Flaws: If watched repeatedly, as all family or kids movies, it will grate on your nerves a little...
Favorite Character: I'm not sure...
Fave Moment: When the four animals wash up and reunite. When Alex runs to Marty in slow motion (Vangelis' famous "Chariots of Fire" theme plays here)and they appear happy for a moment...and Alex's face suddenly turns angry and Alex is furiously and comically chasing Marty along the shore.
I give it a 7/10.