Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Directors Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith keep up a headlong pace -- if one joke or sight gag misfires, there'll be another one soon.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Nov 2014
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"Penguins of Madagascar" is a passible, inoffensive addition to DreamWorks Animation's canon, even if there's a faint whiff of a North Wind spin-off sullying the contained story.
– Lindsey Bahr,
Associated Press,
26 Nov 2014
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Thanksgiving is a time for family and for shirking work, and out of respect for both traditions-and in recognition that I am surely not in the movie's demographic sweet spot-I'm handing the heavy lifting over to my kids, Tom (11) and Alexandra (9).
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov 2014
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These penguins really are cute, the animation is consistently appealing, and the movie is obviously bound for megamoolah at the box office.