Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Mar 9, 2024 1/4

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

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Olly Richards Sunday Times (UK) Sep 19, 2022

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

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Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) Sep 9, 2022 9/10

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

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 5, 2019 1.5/4

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.

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Eddie Harrison The List Apr 25, 2019 4/5

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

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Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net Mar 12, 2019 C-

I was pretty underwhelmed by Madagascar.

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Mark Steyn The Spectator Feb 1, 2018

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.

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Derek Adams Time Out Nov 16, 2011

Boring and bedraggled.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009 3/4

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

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 16, 2009 B

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.

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Steve Biodrowski ESplatter Nov 12, 2008

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

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John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Sep 22, 2008 7/10

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

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Erin Clements Time Out Sep 20, 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.

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Daniel Etherington Film4 Aug 11, 2008

Amiably entertaining.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile May 10, 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.

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Kevin Lally Film Journal International Feb 26, 2007

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

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Garth Franklin Dark Horizons Oct 30, 2006 2/4

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

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Camerin Courtney Christianity Today Sep 27, 2006 2.5/4

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?

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006 2.5/4

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

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Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola Apr 20, 2006 3/4

Es un ejemplo claro de que la animacin todava tiene mucho que ofrecer, aunque sea de manera sencilla.

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