Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Tom McGrathSkipper (voice)
- Chris MillerKowalski (voice)
- Christopher KnightsPrivate (voice)
- Conrad VernonRico (voice)
- John MalkovichDave (voice)
- Benedict CumberbatchClassified (voice)
- Ken JeongShort Fuse (voice)
- Annet MahendruEva (voice)
- Peter StormareCorporal (voice)
- Andy RichterMort (voice)
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
From the opening frame right up to the whirlwind finale, you will be treated to non-stop action, clever dialogue and quite a bit of zany energy. If I’d fault anything about this fun romp, it’s that the filmmakers tried to jam-pack too much into one movie. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
As “cute and cuddly” as ever, and often downright hilarious. - 70
The New York Times
The decision to focus on the series’s comic relief has resulted in the loosest and perhaps funniest film of the brand. - 63
Slant Magazine
It does well to put more focus on delivering a plethora of jokes, imitations, zippy repartee, and sight gags than its plot's familiar machinations. - 60
New York Daily News
A sassy script and good-natured voice work from Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich should keep kids and grownups entertained over the holidays. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
While there are plenty of madcap antics to fill a feature, all that manic energy ultimately proves to be more exhausting than exhilarating. - 40
Variety
The graceful camerawork, precise editing and high-quality animation still can’t disguise the lack of imagination that went into the overall conception and the repetitive sameness that creeps into every bind the penguins find themselves in. - 40
The Dissolve
What Penguins Of Madagascar needs is a roomful of ruthless editors to take jokes out of the script, particularly the ones aimed at pleasing the grown-ups in the audience.
