Penguins Rule!

Rating: 5/10 (25 June 2006)

Probably one of the first rules of movie making or even screen writing is "Dont make the secondary characters more interesting than the main ones".Which is precisely what Madagascar does.Like the previous poster says,"Its not a bad movie",but the penguins and the Lemurs (and even the chimps) are more interesting than the whiny four leads.
Its a good movie for kids and even adults will probably enjoy it,but I for one wanted to see more of the Penguins and the Lemurs.And if you get the DVD you will find the Penguins have their own cartoon short.Which is pretty good and might have shown what would have happened if they got more screen time in Madagascar.
Perhaps Dreamworks might want to take a good look at what Pixar puts the most emphasis on,the screenplay and character development.Spielberg and his partners might want to raid the writing department of Pixar if they plan on making Madagascar II.Or maybe even take lessons from them.After all,a great screenplay equals a great movie...