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Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2012)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
The thing about Europe's Most Wanted is most often the wanted is a Canadian fleeing dismemberment charges back home.
However, in the case of this animated movie, the hunted are all Americans.
Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) flee Madagascar for their home in NYC.
Stopping in Monte Carlo to pick up their penguin pals' plane, the zoo crew attracts an Animal Control officer (Frances McDormand) determined to mount Alex's pride.
But when their plane doesn't pan out, Alex and the gang must join a traveling circus disguised as Big Top performers.
While the cast has grown long in the fang, the injection of new characters, garish colours and foreign venues has revitalizes this waning series.
Incidentally, between a zoo and a circus, these exotic creatures would suffer less abuse hiding in an abattoir. (Green Light)
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