Review – Madagascar

This is a cute movie, but it might have worked just about as well as a screen saver as it does as a feature-length production. The computer-animated animals are entertaining, particularly the penguins and the lemurs. Beyond the cuteness, though, there isn’t much here. Indeed, what little plot does manage to develop seems poorly thought-out. Zoo animals end up “returned” to the wild, where it turns out the lion is actually a carnivore. What are we to take away from this? As one might expect from a Dreamworks kid-oriented DVD, we get a ton of extras on the disc, including a short starring the penguins, who rightfully turned out to be the most popular characters in the picture. Mildly amusing