Madagascar 3: My Least Wanted

Rating: 3/10 (7 May 2015)

If I was a toddler, I would have been amazed at the frenzy of colours splashing across the screen. Unfortunately I'm now in my 30's and need more than a bright colour palette to appease the child hiding somewhere within.
What I like most about animated films is their ability to usually cater for both adults and children (at times the animated films even feel like an adult movie hidden within a computer generated environment). Madagascar 3 felt more "just for the easily entertained". To be blatantly honest, the film is really not that funny despite the amount of talent involved.
King Julian is one of my all-time favourite animated characters, but the King Julian I fell in love with in Mad 1 and 2 disappeared in screen time and stripped down to a form of his lesser self in this instalment, being replaced by the less likable Stefano who's not just a blubber of a sealion, but also a blubbering mess.
If you prefer a visual overload without any sort of narrative depth or comedy anyone over five can enjoy, then this is the movie for you.