Characters that look like the stars they are played by. Scary!!

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2005)

Someone in the creative department musta like been bored. So bored he lost his creativity. I mean it used to be we didn't need to have our animated characters look like celebs. But here we have Oscar smith. No wait, Will Oscar. Um Wait.
I mean the character of Oscar is now a dead ringer for Will Smith. I'm sure Shrek started this, but come on. The Donkey is far greater played by Eddie Murphy because Eddie is hilarious. Will, is mostly known nowadays as an action star. Of course there is that little hiccup of his going on about a Hitch.. but he doesn't come up funny in this movie.
Of course I say it's not really that funny. That doesn't mean it isn't. But that the jokes aren't intended for me. They go right over my head. Now if your a big Hip Hop nut... perhaps you will be rolling on floor laughing. But I almost went to sleep. Except where some gangster / Mob jokes came up. I've watched movies like that. I like movies, so obviously the Mob jokes scored. Especially the blowfish :) But aside from that. If your not really a Hip Hop fan, perhaps you ought to stick with Finding Nemo. Which is a much better film overall. Usually Dreamworks is better. I have a feeling Madagascar will be better. But it's just a feeling. Or the Wallace and Gromitt Film. But this one. Like the old Richard Pryor humor.... goes right over my head.
6/10
Quality: split 4/10 (story) 9/10 (CGI) Entertainment: 5/10 Replayable: 3/10