I haven't seen the first Madagascar, but somehow I still feel comfortable telling you the sequel -- with the awful title Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa -- is going to be wretched. See? Almost without exception, sequels to full-length animated films are terrible. (I only say "almost" because of Toy Story 2.) And when the first film isn't anything to write home about, it's even worse. The trailer's selling points include: the song "I Like to Move It" (which I would have liked to go my entire life without ever having stuck in my head again); close-up butt shots of the whole crew of animals from the film during the playing of "I Like to Move It" (note: two wrongs don't make a right), penguin flight jokes (they can't fly; get it?), and more of the same. In other words: nothing worth watching, unless you are six years old. And even then, I hope this isn't your favorite movie or anything. I would hate to have to judge a six-year-old's taste in film. How they get such a great voice cast -- including Alec Baldwin, Ben Stiller, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Chris Rock -- to sign on is beyond me. Oh, wait; it isn't. Money. That's all this movie's about, folks. So save us from another one like it by not spending your money on this one.

Reviews By People Who've Actually Seen It:
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