The funny, the funnier, and the downright HILARIOUS.

Rating: Null/10 (19 September 2007)

I went to see this with some friends, and they brought their younger brothers and sisters along. We were all impressed by the outcome. We all loved it, and I recommend it to anyone! It has turned into one of my favourites!
The story is interesting. It starts off with 4 thoroughly pampered animals, who live in New York Zoo, who, by the nagging and mistake of the escapist zebra, Marty, end up on a ship bound to Africa! With the help of some meddly penguins, the ship turns to an island instead: Madagascar, where the animals are reunited. The story then shows us how the foursome deal with the sudden change to their lives.
In a way, the plot reminded me of an old book I read as a kid: Lord Of The Flies. The way that their personalities change just drifted back to that like a bullet.
The animation is excellent. Its very colourful, bright and vibrant, and looks very fresh. It all looks real in a way, though also, manages to stay animated and different, which is impressive. It is not "King Kong" style animation though. The animation stays child-like. Music and effects are also very good.
Ben Stiller as Alex was brilliant. His voice suited the role as the spoilt, arrogant, leader of a lion so incredibly well. However, I prefer Stiller in live action than in animated, though he does a good job. Chris Rock as Marty was interesting, he does justice to the role. His voice matched with Marty well, and it was very amusing. Jada Pinkett-Smith does an average job, I personally would have preferred someone like Beyonce to do a role like this, but she did a moderately good job of it. My personal favourite is David Schwimmer as Melman, the hypochondriac giraffe, he had me in stitches, and although the part wasn't as big as Alex or Marty, he does an amazing job of Melman. There is no one else to do this but David Schwimmer alone. He was fabulous.
The penguins add great humour to Madagascar. Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien was hilarious, you cannot deny laughing at his portrayal of the monkey king. The sweetie, Mort (I don't know what animal he is) has you "Aww"-ing. And the fossas were good.
There is some crude humour, but that disappears after a while. In short, Madagascar is an amazing film, for all the family. I will definitely be watching it again!