Penguins of Madagascar

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Penguins of Madagascar

PG

2014

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Plucky penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (Conrad Vernon) and Private (Christopher Knights) -- the most elite spies ever hatched -- join forces with a chic undercover organization known as the North Wind. Led by highly trained, handsome and arrogant Agent Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), this special interspecies task force must stop a many-tentacled villain, Dr. Octavius Brine (John Malkovich), from destroying the world.

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Critics Consensus

Penguins of Madagascar is fast and brightly colored enough to entertain small children, but too frantically silly to offer real filmgoing fun for the whole family.

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Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

01/09/2017

2.5/5

There are enough sight gags and silly jokes in Penguins of Madagascar to make children laugh. But a generation-spanning film, this one isn't.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

01/07/2015

3.5/5

The jokes are never-ending and multilayered, calculated so that adults do not get bored -- which is important, because they buy the tickets. It's all bolted together with precision and good humour, although not much whimsy.

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David Stratton

The Australian

01/07/2015

3/5

Children will probably enjoy them and the animation is of a high standard. More wit and less frenetic action might have given the film more appeal to parents.

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Cory Woodroof

Williamson Home Page

02/11/2022

This spin off is a breezy good time chocked full of smart humor and a nicely developed story.

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Nick Levine

NME (New Musical Express)

05/26/2021

3/5

Penguins of Madagascar is a reasonably diverting romp featuring a few visually arresting set-pieces, including a fun scene showing the penguins aboard gondolas in Venice, but there's not really enough here to keep grown-ups fully engaged...

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/02/2021

4/5

Good, zany fun. No lessons will be learned, no morals taught, nothing gained but a good time at the movies.

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Jay W

@RT52162311 May 4

At the tail end of the Penguin craze of the 2010's and at the tail end of that era's 3D movie craze we have this spinoff of Madagascar. A rat not cooking food, makes sense. A bunny not being a cop, that makes sense. Penguins not being spies while an owl and a seal are fine candidates does not add up. When the movie has a joke that does not land, it lingers on it for a looong time. There is a "joke" about the villain being named Dave, and Skipper keeps getting his name wrong. They repeat that joke 27 times. There's another part where a character keeps munching on a cheetoh every time a person goes to talk. It isn't funny, it's annoying. And you know this movie has got to have its own fair share of fart jokes. This movie isn't without its own unique charm. It has zany spy antics and cartoon logic that will keep kids entertained. But your kids can get better.

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Mitchell S

@Mitchstur May 1

It's a little weird in some parts, but it's an overall enjoyable movie. The only thing Madagascar I actually enjoyed!

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Frans B

@FransB Apr 29

Brilliant! The penguins always had a special place in my heart. Very well directed, amazing animation and cinematography, visually stunning. Great story and very well written. Sharp witted, fast paced and great story with lots of intrigue, drama, action, penguin mentality, funny and very entertaining. Classic

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Matteo Q

@Matteo59 Apr 26

Non è bellissimo è un pò noioso

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 Apr 19

OK spin-off has funny moments, isn’t particularly memorable or meaningful. Penguins of Madagascar is fine. It goes quite off the rails of the original premise of Madagascar, but so did the 2008 TV show, and it offers enough fun and solid jokes to entertain enough. But it’s just not particularly memorable, doesn’t leave much of an impact at all, and I don’t care to ever watch it again. It’s not bad. Just not really my thing.

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Dave P.

@RT20712526 Apr 18

This movie is another great movie to watch in family game night and this movie is better than most Madagascar movies

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Eric Darnell

Director

Simon J. Smith

Director

Benedict Cumberbatch

Agent Classified

John Malkovich

Dr. Octavius Brine

Tom McGrath

Skipper

Chris Miller

Kowalski

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Synopsis

Plucky penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (Conrad Vernon) and Private (Christopher Knights) -- the most elite spies ever hatched -- join forces with a chic undercover organization known as the North Wind. Led by highly trained, handsome and arrogant Agent Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), this special interspecies task force must stop a many-tentacled villain, Dr. Octavius Brine (John Malkovich), from destroying the world.

Director: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith
Producer: Lara Breay, Mark Swift
Screenwriter: Michael Colton, John Aboud, Brandon Sawyer
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: PDI, DreamWorks Animation
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor|Mild Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 26, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $83.3M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos