Penguins of Madagascar

Too much of a good thing? The penguins are okay (funniest bits: staying hidden while rolling across stripes, the distraction), but the squid antagonist didn't work for me.

Didn't expect much, but this was quite a bit of fun. The penguins were the best part of the otherwise mediocre Madagascar movies, and on their own they're still better than any of those movies. A nicely varied mix of comedy styles and the cuteness make this enjoyable, and while the actual narrative isn't particularly inspired it's good enough to hold the film together.

The later previews for this thing made it look like it was gonna surprise everybody and be really lively and hilarious. That is not the case. This is a fairly rote, franchise-bourne kidflick, with the usual ratio of lulls to amusing moments. It's fine, I guess, if you've got kids. Lord knows I've had to sit through worse.

Rewatch. There are worse ways to pass the time with a kids' movie. The other operative team add some interesting conflicts. Octopus villain was more comical and try-hard than scary. The ending was just fine. Fav scene: they really use up a lot of the humor in the intro.

I loved this movie. The Penguins are precisely my brand of humor. I can't be ashamed of that. Laughing every ten seconds was not a cute exaggeration. Did I, thtee times, groan at myself after? Yeah, but here's the thing -- it's because I got played not because the joke was dumb. I didn't find any of it dumb because the entire script is high level self aware. all the henchoctopi share first names with famous actors so Malkovich can belt out lines like, "Halle! Bury them!"

Penguins of Madagascar is a colourful spy-spoof film with a very high joke-per-minute count. Given most of the jokes are obvious, if you're in the right mood you'll have a few good chuckles. While the film isn't great (nor very good), the penguins are so gosh-darn cute and have a ton of heart that it makes the experience tolerable. Also Cumberbatch and Malkovich's voices are bound to keep you entertained.

Grat fun to begin with, but as the plot progresses it gets tiresome to follow the four bird agents.

I find the penguins funny ever since the Madagascar movies, and that other solo movie. Some of it was present here too. They also had capable voice actors: even the big names were showing good efforts and versatility. The plot was however not the most original and it felt like it belonged more in the Despicable Me universe. Speaking of which, I was distracted by the fact they had technology?? Since when? I couldn't get over the fact they went from wooden planes to space lasers just like that

Funny and bit absurd. The movie loses steam when it's bogged down by its run-of-the-mill plot. I loved the name jokes: "Nicolas, cage them!" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Pretty good for a Dreamworks film.

When you grew up on something it's always good even when it's not the best

I haven’t seen the earlier Madagascar films, but that didn’t really matter. The story is quite episodic and very generic, animation is professionally done and the characters were funny - especially the North Wind team. To summarize: disposable family entertainment.

Inspired by Anthropocene Reviewed. The opening sequence might be worth 4.5 stars, but not the movie.

For a string of gags there is plenty to enjoy, though mostly within the first half. The finale is extremely weak.

ok movie but they rely on cheap satire and cloud the fact that this movie could of been good

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Rewatch: As a lover of the series, this does most things right. It's really funny and brings a lot of heart. It's better than any of the Madagascar movies.

MRS. OBAMA GET DOWN!

I enjoyed this movie more than I care to admit.

My SCORING: 99-96=Great; 95-90=Very good; 89-85=Good; 84-80=So-so; 79-70=Boring; Below 70=Forget it.

It is actually funny. More than you might expect.

Probably a bit better than expected. It has an absurdest feel about it that serves it well, but it's nonetheless very basic and very average.

It's okay!

These penguins are funny. Though I enjoyed the cartoon series more than this movie.

Far better than a spin-off of the bland Madagascar movies have any right to be.

Quite a few cute tricks, but mostly silliness.

i get it he made a pun about a celebrity's name

There's no stopping the march of the penguins, as shown by the new DreamWorks Animation offering. "Penguins of Madagascar" is not the studio's strongest effort, but does provide, in time for the holidays, lots of high-velocity cartoony action and gags designed to appeal to all demographics.

It's pretty funny, scattering its diverse jokes like birdshot at the audience. Unfortunately, there isn't much else to make it stick out.

I actually kinda enjoyed it. I liked it a whole lot more than any of the Madagascar films. I just thought it was much funnier, with better characters, and superior animation. There's not much originality in the story or anything, but it's not bad. Yeah, I don't know, I just enjoyed the style, and it had some pretty funny moments. A pleasant surprise.

There are many worse movies to watch with your kids.

fun but nothing special and cute...

Haven't seen much of the show but I enjoyed what I did see. Fun from start to finish

Laugh-out-loud, madcap slapstick film that loses its way a LITTLE bit when it becomes a bit too bogged down in plot. Still, it was well worth it to make a movie entirely on the merits of those hilarious penguins.

The script and all new characters are lame, but the Penguins are still great.

A funny movie that's smarter and has more heart than it should. The penguins prove that they're not just mascots of the Madagascar series, they're one of the few good things left in the series. Also Benedict Cumberbatch's character was fantastic.

few laughs for this reviewer but there was enough colour and action to keep the kids entertained

Not perfect, not all that original, but.... fun. Real good fun! And no matter how much the producers wanted us to think it was the penguins, it was really Dave that was the cutest! Though I smell some Z-level producer will get inspired and make the zombie penguin flick Zombuins after watching this.

Penguins turned out to be targeted for the small audience, but this fact does not diminish them among the best cartoon characters ever created.

So it's a tad sad that there's also an abundance of less flavorful guffaws and goofiness in this particular bag of Cheesy Dibbles. It's the kind of cross-dressing, bum-slapping, unwelcome lip-locking nonsense between animated male animals that in the days of Bugs Bunny didn't raise too many eyebrows. (pluggedin.com)

I'm no major fan of the Madagascar franchise, but this is a fun and exciting entry to the canon, surprisingly funny, witty and pleasingly silly. It strikes a better comedy/action balance than a lot of recent Dreamworks material, so it's a shame it's not delivering better figures for them.

I laughed more than I dare to admit. The high pacing, fun action and endless streams of gags make for a highly entertaining experience. If you watch only one animated movie this year, it should be The Lego Movie. But if you watch two, throw in Penguins of Madagascar!

"These hosen are ridin' up my bundesliga."

I've never seen an episode of the TV show, but it's telling that this one felt like a TV movie. It's just... there. It's absurdist but slapdash. Sometimes the humor is great, other times you're just bored as the writers give you lowest-common-denominator kid movie plot tropes and try to mask them as humor. Benedict Cumberbatch as a wolf/husky (they never make it clear) is pretty standout, though, I watched it for him and his mispronunciations of "penguin" are fun.

An animated spy comedy that unabashedly revels in absurdity. Nice 3D animation, smart dialogue and fun cartoon-style set-pieces. Lots of sight gags for the kids, but the abundant puns aimed at parents get a little tiresome. An improvement over the Madagascar films.

First half was the best animated film of the year, lots of good humor; but it faded somewhat after that.