5-year-olds will eat it up, teenagers will say it's kids’ stuff, and adults duped into chaperoning a trip to the movie theater will struggle to make it through.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 9, 2024

It's aimed squarely at the kiddos and the kiddos should enjoy it.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

Pure fun, this family fare.

| Feb 28, 2020

The four leads are all very good in their respective roles, especially Stiller and Rock, but it is the supporting characters that really make Madagascar a cut above most family fare.

| Original Score: B | May 22, 2019

The sequel to the 2005 Madagascar is as spunky, witty and funny. However, what's a let-down perhaps is the story, which takes the same course as The Lion King, with a detour towards Shrek thrown in.

| Apr 29, 2019

It looked remarkably cheap for 2008.

| Original Score: D | Mar 9, 2019

The script, by Tropic Thunder co-writer and Mike Judge collaborator Etan Cohen, is rather rote in terms of story, but the jokes are pretty good.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2018

Why bother spending the majority of the sequel's time on the main characters from the first film? That's a good question and one for which the movie provides no explanation.

| Oct 10, 2018

If you weren't particularly enamored with the first one, chances are this isn't gonna change your opinion on the Madagascar cast

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 9, 2012

| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

Kids will love the wisecracking penguins, industrious monkeys and feisty, survivalist grandma, who packs quite a wallop with her handbag.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 28, 2011

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Doesn't mess with a good thing. That means many prankish penguins, loony lemurs and that "move it, move it" song, all over again.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 24, 2009

In a post WALL-E world, it's hard not to be slightly underwhelmed by Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2009

Two stripes and you're out!

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 17, 2009

I am no great fan of sequels, and am especially suspicious of movies that try to cross-over between adult and child audiences. But this one won me over early on.

Full Review | Original Score: 80/100 | Feb 22, 2009

Energetic, fast-paced, and pumped full of zany humor...sure to entertain the younguns and be fairly painless for their guardians. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 15, 2009

There's amusement in this jungle jumble but "Happy Feet" left me happier.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2009

The characters seem better developed this time and the story lines are stronger.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 4, 2009

...relies more heavily than ever on friendship, love, and family relationships. Who can complain about that?

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 30, 2009