Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 7, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Dilutes the idea some by giving every four-legged hero a story arc. And there's not enough of the first movie's super-erudite monkeys. Yet the sitcom-style silliness is still there, and it's nice to see that the old "grin or frown as you wave a hand across your face" joke still has cross-generational, and cross-species, appeal. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Let’s not lose sight of what's really been accomplished here. Alex and Marty – just like Batman and Robin, Fred and Barney, and Snagglepuss – are welcome additions to the gay animation pantheon. Read full review
60
EmpireIan Nathan
A pleasing and pretty enough re-run, just that bit diminished. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Take the flat tire that was "Madagascar." Retread it with "The Lion King" storyline. Pump it up with air. Now you have Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Good enough in patches to make its distracting star turns, storybook clichés and stereotypes harder to take than they would be in a less enjoyable movie. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
A by-the-numbers follow-up to the highly successful 2005 feature that was no great shakes to begin with. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazinePerry Seibert
The movie suffers from a serious case of unoriginality. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Fails to drum up much excitement. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Epitomizes the best and the worst of what animated filmmaking has become in an era dominated on the one hand by ever more sophisticated computerized imagery and, on the other, by the grasping, increasingly grating desire to be hip. Read full review
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