Not only is the film forgettable, it’s gallingly despicable.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 9, 2024

The voice cast — Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen — is inspired and the jokes are absolutely packed in.

| Sep 19, 2022

Madagascar is a fantastic animated feature that is a great example of DreamWorks Animation during the peak of their early years.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 9, 2022

Intended laugh lines fall embarrassingly flat. Most of the humor was so ridiculous that not even the children in the theater laughed. It's just dull.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 5, 2019

Madagascar's surface fluffiness conceals a hard-boiled philosophical center as it offers a trenchant examination of social Darwinism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2019

I was pretty underwhelmed by Madagascar.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 12, 2019

The animation is handsome and has a retro cool but, unless they figure out some way to get a story in there, this genre is showing signs of going the way of the musical.

| Feb 1, 2018

Boring and bedraggled.

| Nov 16, 2011

Very much in the tradition of Looney Tunes and Termite Terrace.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 29, 2009

A foursome of digitally animated zoo animals escape the inner city confines of Manhattan's Central Park Zoo in search of freedom that's not be all it's cracked up to be in this well-defined children's comedy.

| Original Score: B | Apr 16, 2009

The character design is ugly; the main characters are often annoying; the humor is generally weak; and the computer-generated animation is often soulless.

| Nov 12, 2008

A shallow attempt at filmmaking and humor.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 8, 2008

...an engaging little diversion that maintains its charm with repeat viewing.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 22, 2008

Lame scatalogical gags and worn pop-culture parodies abound, but the CGI animation romp is somewhat redeemed by the scene-stealing appearances of several supporting characters.

| Sep 20, 2008

Amiably entertaining.

| Aug 11, 2008

A promising premise, a top voice cast and a studio with an impressive track record sets up expectations that Madagascar just can't fulfill.

| May 10, 2008

A likeable and loose-limbed addition to the ever-growing CGI family.

| Feb 26, 2007

Too kiddie-oriented to keep the parents coming back like they have for the likes of the vastly superior Shrek, Nemo and Incredibles films.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 30, 2006

I wanted a moral to the story. In Finding Nemo: Don't let fear rule your life. Shrek: True beauty is on the inside. Madagascar: Don't eat your friends?

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 27, 2006

If we're not suffering poo-flinging or butt-biting, we get the theme songs from Chariots of Fire and Hawaii Five-O.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 26, 2006