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Eric Darnell (Antz) and Tom McGrath plug old-fashioned Looney Tunes style into the computer animated film for this story of four urbanized animals from New York's Central Park Zoo who wash ashore on Madagascar, and come up with the zippiest CGI comedy DreamWorks has produced with to date. Ben Stiller voices the king of the showbiz lions, Chris Rock his best friend Marty the zebra who dreams of the open plains, David Schwimmer a hypochondriac giraffe and Jada Pinkett Smith a diva hippo who wind shipwrecked due to the machinations of a hilarious platoon of penguins (who almost steal the show). It's slim on plot but fat with furiously-paced gags, a routine story enlivened by location, color, exotic landscapes, and a cascade of comic flourishes. For the adults there are a non-stop barrage of cultural references, from American Beauty and Silence Of The Lambs to The Twilight Zone and National Geographic TV specials. For the kids, a smattering of poo jokes (some of inspired -- it's the lingua franca of the monkey kingdom, after all) and slapstick gags, all directed with zany energy. It could be more involving, but it's funny enough that you won't care. Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter also provide voices

Eric Darnell (Antz) and Tom McGrath plug old-fashioned Looney Tunes style into the computer animated film for this story of four urbanized animals from New York's Central Park Zoo who wash ashore on Madagascar, and come up with the zippiest CGI comedy DreamWorks has produced with to date. Ben Stiller voices the king of the showbiz lions, Chris Rock his best friend Marty the zebra who dreams of the open plains, David Schwimmer a hypochondriac giraffe and Jada Pinkett Smith a diva hippo who wind shipwrecked due to the machinations of a hilarious platoon of penguins (who almost steal the show). It's slim on plot but fat with furiously-paced gags, a routine story enlivened by location, color, exotic landscapes, and a cascade of comic flourishes. For the adults there are a non-stop barrage of cultural references, from American Beauty and Silence Of The Lambs to The Twilight Zone and National Geographic TV specials. For the kids, a smattering of poo jokes (some of inspired -- it's the lingua franca of the monkey kingdom, after all) and slapstick gags, all directed with zany energy. It could be more involving, but it's funny enough that you won't care. Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter also provide voices