Movie Reviews: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Left stranded in Africa by the dastardly penguins, Alex the Lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock); Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer), pop across to Europe and join a circus, with the intention of making their way back home to a New York zoo. So begins which is essentially a madcap, whirlwind tour of some of the continent’s best-known landmarks, and particularly those of London and Rome. Beloved by the very young for the zany humour of its irrepressible characters, the Madagascar quartet may this time sorely test the patience of an older audience. The over-the-top finale suggests that the franchise has finally trundled to an end — can we now hope for a feature-length movie starring those irascible penguins?
A class of schoolchildren who all resemble characters from classic horror movies? It can only be Tim Burton, whose latest film, the animated tale
