Fresh
This is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is better than the original - but only by a whisker.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Still together, still lost.
2008 · 1h 29m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Eric Darnell
,
Tom McGrath
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Overview
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
Director and cast
- Eric Darnell Director
- Tom McGrath Director
- Ben Stiller as Alex (voice)
- Chris Rock as Marty / Additional Zebras (voice)
- David Schwimmer as Melman (voice)
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria (voice)
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Julien (voice)
- Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice (voice)
- Andy Richter as Mort (voice)
- Bernie Mac as Zuba (voice)
- Alec Baldwin as Makunga (voice)
- Sherri Shepherd as Mom (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, is a better film, though -- less manic, more easygoing.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
This is great. I loved it.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh
This is a really funny movie.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
With so many characters to cram in and not much for many of them to do, Escape 2 Africa ends up a choppy, episodic affair.
David Germain, Associated Press
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