Madagascar (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Tom Mcgrath (vii)
Actors: Stephen Apostolina, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cody Cameron, Cedric The Entertainer, David Cowgill
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
Category: DVD
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Rating:  351 reviews
Sales Rank: 814
Format: Ac-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 86
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DRWD94566D
ISBN: 1417073535
UPC: 678149456622
EAN: 9781417073535
ASIN: B00005JNX0
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 2005
Release Date: November 15, 2005
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Product Description
At new yorks central park zoo a lion a zebra a giraffe & a hippo are best friends & stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage the other 3 break free to look for him only to find themselves reunited .. On a ship en route to africa. They will learn what life in the wild is like. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Ben Stiller Jada Pinkett Smith Run time: 86 minutes Rating: Pg
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The penguins steal the show. In the sprightly Madagascar, a mid-life crisis inspires Marty the Zebra (voiced by Chris Rock) to escape from his lifelong home, a New York zoo. His equally pampered friends--Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)--then escape to bring him back. Unfortunately, their attempt at damage control persuades zoo officials that the animals are unhappy, so all four get shipped to an animal preserve in Kenya...only a squad of maniacal penguins change the destination to Antarctica. The quartet end up on an island where, in addition to meeting some hedonistic lemurs, they learn about the food chain--and that Alex is a different link on the chain from the other three. Madagascar doesn't achieve the snappy perfection of a Pixar movie, but it tops most other computer-animated efforts; the collision of friendship and predator instincts makes for an unusually gripping conflict. The vocal performances of the central characters is serviceable, but Sacha Baron Cohen (Da Ali G Show) provides topnotch lunacy as the lemur king, and the penguins--voiced mostly by the animators themselves--are the best thing in the movie. --Bret Fetzer
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 Laugh Out Loud Funny May 31, 2005
171 out of 185 found this review helpful
I have to admit I was underwhelmed by the ads for "Madagascar", it just didn't look that good. But my kids were anxious to see it so I dragged myself into the theater on Saturday ready to see another kiddie movie along the lines of "Shark Tale" or "Home on the Range". I did not expect to enjoy the movie as much as my seven year old....if not more. "Madagascar" is not only a great animated film and packs as many laughs into it's hour and half as either "Shrek" movie did, "Madagascar" is just a great comedy. There were several times in the movie that were just laugh out loud funny, the scene with the Penguins in Antarctica was worth the price of admission for me! There are plenty of jokes aimed at an older audience, like the reference to "The Twilight Zone" episode "How to Serve Man". The story is great and the characters are really fun. The visuals are stunning and the animation is top-notch. Add all that together with a great soundtrack, and I think "Madagascar" is a great way to kick off the summer movie season. This one ranks right up there with "The Incredibles" and "Shrek".
Hilarious fun for the whole family! December 3, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From the makers of Shrek and Shrek 2 comes a rolling-over hilarious comedy. Four animal friends from the Central Park Zoo find themselves onboard a ship to Madagascar thanks, in part, to the help of some pengiuns. Once there, they face the challenges of the unknown wild. It is a riot of fun and laughter from the opening scenes to ending credits for all ages and hardly a dull moment. Although the tribal lemurs could have toned down a bit, the film takes advantage of creative voices from Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith to give life to the characters.
Additionally, the disc set comes with a Christmas special starring the penguins from this movie. This is a fun little short as well and worth the purchase.
3-1/2 stars for film, 1-1/2 for extras December 8, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From an adult perspective, this is just another overblown glorified silly cartoon. It's fun and it's funny, and there are some adult-humor moments sprinkled throughout to keep mom and dad's attention, but basically it's kiddie humor, and that's fine; my 8-year-old daughter would give this movie 5 stars on its own.
The thing that sets the "Madagascar" DVD apart is its extras. Not only does it have the requisite "making of" featurette and the much-ballyhooed Christmas short starring the military penguins, it also has various features that even include a game of "Whack-a-Foosa." This is clearly not just any old DVD.
Return to the Old School March 7, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a hysterical story about animals getting mistakenly shipped to the wilds of Madagascar. Everything is very old-style cartoony, ie. squash and stretch and just good(but not over done)slap stick. There are tons of jokes that all ages can appreciate and for those of us who are old enough the artwork is based on the "Little Golden Book" series for children. One of those things that you can watch over and over again. Especially the dance scenes. The lemurs are to die for!
No secret conspiracy here, except for family fun May 30, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Before going to this movie, I heard many conflicting reviews. Some were very complimentary and others bemoaned the movie's political overtones. Well after seeing the movie my family and I (and the rest of the theater crowd for our showing) seem to fall in the complimentary camp. As for the political overtones, I think those comments say more about the reviewers than of the movie.
As is now the trend in cartoon movies and those for TV, there are many jokes for the adults to appreciate and none of those confused or upset the children. The zoo animals' conflicts about capturing food in the wild were presented in a slapstick comedy form for which the children are well accustomed after their usual dosage of Sponge Bob type of cartoon shows. If the movie producers were trying to undermine the meat industry, as some critics seem to think, they failed with my family as we enjoyed a large barbecue after the show. And the children talked about the movie and recounted jokes from the movie during dinner.
If you want a fun time for your children and yourself, I highly recommend this movie. If you want to watch talk of hidden conspiracies, then watch the Fox News station.
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