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The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on .. Read more
| Starring | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith |
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| Director | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Comedy, Family |
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The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar. Marty loves the new, edible scenery, but his best friend Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller) the Lion begins to starve since his diet of thick steaks has been cut off, and the rump of his friend starts to look mighty tasty. Their other friends, a hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer) and a sassy hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), try their best to think of a solution as the call of the wild slowly turns the starving Alex into Marty's worst nightmare. Meanwhile the hilariously self aggrandising King of the Ocelots (Sacha Cohen) has a plan to use Marty to repel their own carnivore problem. This kid-oriented comedy stays adult-friendly every step of the way thanks to a clever script that mixes New Yorker humour and even some existentialism in with the pratfalls and spit-takes. Jolts of comedic brilliance are supplied by some Arctic-bound escaped con penguins, and a couple of literary apes. It's not a musical, but classic songs from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr. keep the montages flowing loose and sassy.
| Starring | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter |
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| Director | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 22 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins |
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| Genres | Animated, Children, Comedy, Family |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, French, Danish, English, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 28 Nov 2005 Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009 |
Charmless animated movie about New Yorkers removed from their natural environment, relying on in-jokes of movie theme tunes (Born Free and the like) to provide amusement.
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Now who'd like a cookie ?
When Marty escapes from Central Park Zoo, Alex, Melman and Gloria begin a rescue mission to find and return their friend. However, they soon find themselves ... read more »
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great movie
watched it in cinema, good al round family movie, i have now ordered the sequel. great cast and very funny
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funny and enjoyable!
I thought it was very funny movie. Truly enjoyable, specially King Julien and his song, I like to move it, move it!
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Not the best.
With the cast including such big stars it failed to deliver in my opinion. It also failed to entertain my 2½ year old daughter and fell far short of the ... read more »
DreamWorks Animation has announced that it intends to make a sequel to Madagascar, the computer-animated comedy adventure that it released this year. Madagascar will become the company's second franchise film after the success of the immensely popular Shrek. While Madagascar did not reach box office levels of Shrek, it still managed to pass the $500 million across the world and has been one of the biggest films of 2005. Stars such as Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith... Read more