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  • Antz (1998)
    Review preview for Antz

    The script is witty and the animation has moments of breathtaking imagery.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A neurotic insect tries to win the heart of a princess.
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
    Review preview for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    Those anarchic avians, the penguins, steal every scene they are in making them, to my way of thinking, the best additions to animated film since that coyote fancied roadrunner for dinner.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews when the New York Zoo animals try to head back to the Big Apple.
  • Madagascar (2005)
    Review preview for Madagascar

    Formulaically funny and kids will adore every derivative minute.

    Kotleta · 4 out of 5
    Four animated animals from Central Park Zoo are shipwrecked on the wild shores of Madagascar.
  • Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
    Review preview for Penguins of Madagascar

    The pace accelerates through 15 stages of excitement without stopping to refuel

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Four young penguins become embroiled in an animated power play between an evil octopus and a grey wolf.

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