Madagascar (2005)

Alex, Melman, Gloria, and Marty are the stars of New York's Central Park Zoo. The four friends, a lion, giraffe, hippo and zebra have all been raised in captivity. When they find themselves on a boat en route to Africa and wind up in Madagascar, the friends learn what the wild side is all about thanks to the local lemurs.

Madagascar is a mess! It is a kid's movie and the kids I was watching enjoyed it, but I couldn't help wanting to get them to turn this off. Madagascar is rote. There is no inspiration or character found in the film. The voice cast of Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Chris Rock didn't even help this disaster. Even the animation comes across as ho-hum.

With smart animated features like Over The Hedge, The Incredibles and most recently, Wall*E, you and I can't be bothered with the ho-hum.