Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2.00
    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
    2008

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Ben StillerAlex (voice)
    • Chris RockMarty / Additional Zebras (voice)
    • David SchwimmerMelman (voice)
    • Jada Pinkett SmithGloria (voice)
    • Sacha Baron CohenJulien (voice)
    • Cedric the EntertainerMaurice (voice)
    • Andy RichterMort (voice)
    • Bernie MacZuba (voice)
    • Alec BaldwinMakunga (voice)
    • Sherri ShepherdMom (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Escape 2 Africa is pretty tame, but it knows how to keep its own turf tidy.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      The visual style is typical, ultra crisp computer animation, bright, sharp, somewhat clinical.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      This is a brighter, more engaging film than the original "Madagascar."
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Cartoons can get away with being serviceable and skillful without much creativity since they have an endlessly renewing audience. "Mad 2" surfs along on such waves, entertaining youngsters while mildly amusing adults.
    • 70

      Variety

      Lively and quite funny without being obnoxious, this follow-up smoothly mixes the original's New York Zoo escapees with a number of engaging new characters.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      Funniest movie of '08? Close enough, for those who don't mind monkeying around.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      Young children will enjoy this piece of sweet cartoon candy.
    • 60

      New York Daily News

      Dilutes the idea some by giving every four-legged hero a story arc. And there's not enough of the first movie's super-erudite monkeys. Yet the sitcom-style silliness is still there, and it's nice to see that the old "grin or frown as you wave a hand across your face" joke still has cross-generational, and cross-species, appeal.

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