Last night we decided to take the kids to see Madagascar two. My best friend and her family joined us. It was opening night, and the theatre was packed! I had heard good things about this movie, and it did not disappoint.
In most cases, when they make a sequel to a popular kids cartoon, it flops. It’s never as good as the first one right? Madagascar was definitely an exception. This movie had a number of things going for it. My best friend agreed that it was definitely funnier then the first movie and we definitely laughed a lot. For the most part, it was pretty clean to. There were a few places in Madagascar where the jokes were a little on the adult side, but this one didn’t have much of that which was nice. It’s always refreshing to watch a movie everyone can enjoy, both kids and adults, without getting a little off-color.
I think one thing that made Madagascar 2 such a great movie was the range of relationships it explored. The first movie centered mainly around the relationship between Alex the Lion and his best friend Marty the Zebra. In Madagascar 2, they develop that relationship a bit more as well but they also work with the relationship between Alex and his parents, as well as some romantic relationships among the other characters. All put together, it makes for a very engaging plot line.
Oh and did I mention the movie is GORGEOUS? Set in Africa, the settings and the animals are just beautiful!
Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa makes a great family night movie, and is a definite must see. We will be adding it to your movie library when it comes out on DVD as well.
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I *love* hearing reviews of other family movies – it lets me know when it’d be safe to take the monsters out to the theater.
And this one sounds like a good one to see!
I can’t wait to see this with the kids.