| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melinda Ennis |
"This escape from New York by a pack of zoo animals is fun for the whole herd." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Antic, cute, scattershot, it's a remarkable-looking but terribly uncertain bit of CGI fluff." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...an inessential but passably amusing animated comedy..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"Madagascar is wholly and detrimentally dependent on its stars." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"...Madagascar is no king of the jungle, just a loud piece of light summer family fluff." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...untamed fun." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Pete Croatto |
"Madagascar is a pleasant, comfortable movie because so much of it is familiar." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"After an extremely promising start, this inspired computer-animated comedy gets lost in the wild." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...seems like a three-minute TV cartoon stretched way beyond endurance..." more... |
C |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"The chief innovation of Madagascar is that it consists entirely of annoying sidekicks..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Eventually, it had to happen: a computer-animated dud." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...the movie sadly runs aground on old gags that no amount of eye-popping color and frenzied action can spin into gold." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Within the limits of a film meant for kids, Madagascar is an honest movie." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...the zippiest CGI comedy DreamWorks has produced to date." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...the concept works largely on the strength of the comedic actors who voice the key animal characters." more... |
B |
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