Charming, funny and crude

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2015)

This was an average Dreamworks, memorable, crude, but just a decent film, not great.
The film mainly revolves around four animals, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo, Alex the lion, and his best friend Marty the zebra. Then they also added two male monkeys and 4 penguins (who later got their own movie, "The Penguins of Madagascar") who are named Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private. The penguins want to go to the wild and Marty finds he wants to as well. So, thus begins the crazy adventure to the wild.
The film is very memorable in that the story revolves around Alex's and Marty's friendship and how they try to stay friends in hard times. It can get very emotional at times. That's what made it memorable.
The film was crude. Sexual innuendo, suggestive language, and a few suggestive jokes grace the film, and oh, I forgot, the comic violence (thanks to the penguins).
But, like usual for a Dreamworks film, it was only really a decent film. It is a film I wouldn't mind seeing again as it was rather humorous and had a good story, but it still was a bit mediocre.
Overall, I think this is a film older families could enjoy. I personally wouldn't let a child under 8 see the film (due to some suggestive language), but it's still a good film for the family to watch sometime during a family movie night or for the kids to see during a road trip. I give it a six out of 10.