Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Rated PG (mild violence and crude humour). 93 minutes. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon. Screenplay by Eric Darnell and Noah Baumbach.
Verdict: The Madagascar team are back in an inspired film
that recalls the ground-breaking work of the animation master Walt Disney.
Beginning with Madagascar (2005) and a sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
(2008), this successful franchise
has followed the lives of four animals – Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the
Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo
(Jada Pinkett Smith). Having been shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar, many
miles away from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo, the series focuses
on their attempts to return to the familiarity of their relatively comfortable
home.
