Review of film: “MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED”

 

2012, 06-21:

Review of film:  “MADAGASCAR 3:  EUROPE’S MOST WANTED”

I very much ENJOYED the previous versions of this animated-film series, as indicated by my posted review of the 2^nd in the series (as seen at = http://voice-of-film.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-film-madagascar-escape-2.html )…

...  I saw this 93-minute film (directed by people such as ERIC DARNELL & TOM McGRATH) in “regular” 2-D…

…  It brings back the main characters from the last film:  now-fully-grown LION Alex (voiced by BEN STILLER), GIRAFFE Melman (DAVID SCHWIMMER), HIPPO Gloria (JADA PINKETT SMITH), & their nutty ZEBRA friend Marty (CHRIS ROCK)…

…  Also returning are 3 natives of the island of Madagascar--  self-important ring-tailed LEMUR “King” Julien XIII (SACHA BARON COHEN), overweight big-eared AYE-AYE lemur Maurice (CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER), & a small MOUSE LEMUR named Mort (ANDY RICHTER)…

…  Also in the cast are the PENGUINS, led by Skipper (TOM McGRATH), 2^nd-in-command tall KOWALSKI (CHRIS MILLER), & others…

…  The gist of the story is, the main characters want to get back to their zoo home in NEW YORK CITY, & feel the only way they can do that is via traveling by way of EUROPE (hence the name)… 

…  Since they are “illegal” immigrants, they are constantly pursued by a French POLICE-type woman named Captain Chantal Dubois (voiced by FRANCES McDORMAND)…

…  To try to flee from the “authorities”, the characters try to join a traveling CIRCUS.  The leader of that group is a TIGER named Vitaly (BRYAN CRANSTON).  David starts to fall for that show’s JAGUAR named Gia (JESSICA CHASTAIN)…

…  Also in the circus is an optimistic Italian SEA LION named Stefano (MARTIN SHORT), & a bike-reading BEAR named Sonya (FRANK WELKER) who becomes a “temptation” to Sacha....    

…  The action in the movie is based about the main characters trying to escape from Captain France’s clutches, mainly by learning how to be CIRCUS performers (which they never were before)…

…  While the trailers for the movie made it look quite good, the film turned out to be considerably BETTER than that:  As I said about the # 2 film, the animation comes across with wonderful colors & creativity...

...  As in the previous film, the characterizations are unusually well done, immersed with lots of nutty humor, fine “SPECIAL-EFFECTS”, clever little touches & “relationships”, believability and individuality…

…  Accordingly, because it effectively gave the PUBLIC good reason to make it a film it “WANTED” to see, I’m rating this ENJOYABLE excursion at 8.75 of 10 stars…

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