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Directors: Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath

Release Date: 15 July 2005

Tagline: Ton on the run.

Main Cast: (voice)

Ben Stiller … Alex

Chris Rock … Marty

David Schwimmer … Melman

Jada Pinkett Smith … Gloria

Sacha Baron Cohen … Julien

Madagascar follows a group of four friends from New York’s Central Park Zoo. One of them has a mural of a lush, green landscape opposite him, and this inspires him to leave New York for the ‘wild’. It’s not done in a schmaltzy and sentimental way (thankfully), and when he leaves the unexciting but safe zoo, the other characters go off to find him and bring him back. Which they do. However, they find themselves being taken from the zoo and put on a ship bound for Africa. And so the adventure begins.

This is another good animation that will be enjoyed by both children and adults. It’s very charming and engaging with several laugh out loud moments. The actors fit their characters very well; I especially liked Sacha Baron Cohen as Julien.

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