Movie Review
Review Penguins of Madagascar
This is an animated movie starring some of the most popular characters from the Madagascar movies, the penguins-in case you could not tell from the title of the movie. They also have their own TV series.
The Penguins of Madagascar features bumbling foursome Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (Conrad Vernon), and Private (Christopher Knights) in a frenetically paced plot that involves them being pursued by a vengeful scientist-octopus named Dave (John Malkovich). This eight-legged baddie, as it turns out, is nursing a grudge against our heroes for stealing the spotlight and rendering him redundant at Central Park Zoo back in the day. Now he's invented an elaborate contraption that'll turn every adorable penguin on the planet into a monstrous mutant. Even as Skipper and his friends race across continents trying to evade their obsessed stalker and simultaneously foil his nefarious plans, they're one-upped by an international spy squad, led by wolf leader Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), who swoop in and take it upon themselves to stop the purple mollusc.
I am happy to say that this was a great movie. I liked it. It's funny, cute, and has a moral at the end. Though I was not expecting much, it was a pretty action packed adventure. They pulled off a full feature with the penguins quite nicely. The Quartet seemed more suitable to short burst in a feature, but the animators were able to extend their slapstick comedy into a full- length picture and add to what the penguins already are without over doing it. There are enough laughs to satisfy the parent that take the kids to the theater. The penguins do some thinks only a penguin or perhaps a Zebra could do while crossing the street. The kids may not get the many play on names but It doesn't matter.
The only thing movie was missing a touch of craziness in sadness (sentiment scenes where Skipper accepts the defeat to NW's)
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