Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2005)

Rated PG for some mild crude humor

Runtime: 1 hour and 29 minutes

Genre: Animation, Adventure and Kids and Family

Director: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath

Writer: Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath

Actors: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd and will.i.am

Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office: $603,900,354

Positives:

• Good soundtrack

• Not bad chemistry

• Still has charm and likeable characters

• Interesting plot points

• The climax with the plane scene is excellent

Negatives:

• Uninteresting villain

• Pacing is rushing at times

• Too many characters

• Confusing drama

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Character/Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Animation/Colors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

33/50 6.6/10