The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heri... Read allThe Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 11 nominations
Ben Stiller
- Alex
- (voice)
Chris Rock
- Marty
- (voice)
- …
David Schwimmer
- Melman
- (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith
- Gloria
- (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen
- Julien
- (voice)
Cedric The Entertainer
- Maurice
- (voice)
- (as Cedric the Entertainer)
Andy Richter
- Mort
- (voice)
Bernie Mac
- Zuba
- (voice)
Alec Baldwin
- Makunga
- (voice)
Sherri Shepherd
- Mom
- (voice)
Elisa Gabrielli
- Nana
- (voice)
Tom McGrath
- Skipper
- (voice)
- …
Chris Miller
- Kowalski
- (voice)
Christopher Knights
- Private
- (voice)
Conrad Vernon
- Mason
- (voice)
Declan Swift
- Baby Alex
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJada Pinkett Smith's daughter, Willow Smith, plays the young Gloria. Ben Stiller's son, Quinn Dempsey Stiller, plays the young Alex.
- GoofsThe birth mark on Alex's paw was never seen in Madagascar (2005).
- Crazy creditsThe Penguins knock out the fishing boy and take his place on the moon in the DreamWorks Animation logo.
- Alternate versionsWhen the film is syndicated by Trifecta, the following edit is made: When Zuba is trying to open a crate for young Alex's escape from the truck in the prologue, he was shot by a tranquilizer gun from one of the poachers. The gun was skipped to Alex's reaction.
- SoundtracksThe Traveling Song
Written by Hans Zimmer & Will.i.am (as will.i.am)
Performed by Will.i.am (as will.i.am)
will.i.am Appears Courtesy of will.i.am music, inc./A&M Records
Featured review
I like to watch it, watch it.
Just saw this at a discount movie theater ($2.50 a seat) and that's about what it's worth. Don't watch it expecting some major innovative work of art - it isn't, nor was it meant to be. It's purely fun fluff.
Without a doubt, the penguins steal the show. Their banter and antics are just downright hysterical. Granny on the other hand, needs to be retired. A cameo of her might have been funny, but she is overused to the point of irritation.
The ill-fated aircraft ride is a raucous ride, but after that the story splits into four or five (at least) concurrent sub-plots, so enough time isn't really given to each, and the pacing tends to jerk along in spurts. Basically it seems as if the filmmakers just strung together scenes of the funniest supporting characters from the original then tried to wrap it around a Lion King send-up.
All that said, I actually liked this one better than the original. Not every movie is intended to be a piece of ground-breaking cinematic artistry and this certainly isn't. But it IS just downright fun to watch. Now if Dreamworks would just give the penguins their OWN full-length picture...
Without a doubt, the penguins steal the show. Their banter and antics are just downright hysterical. Granny on the other hand, needs to be retired. A cameo of her might have been funny, but she is overused to the point of irritation.
The ill-fated aircraft ride is a raucous ride, but after that the story splits into four or five (at least) concurrent sub-plots, so enough time isn't really given to each, and the pacing tends to jerk along in spurts. Basically it seems as if the filmmakers just strung together scenes of the funniest supporting characters from the original then tried to wrap it around a Lion King send-up.
All that said, I actually liked this one better than the original. Not every movie is intended to be a piece of ground-breaking cinematic artistry and this certainly isn't. But it IS just downright fun to watch. Now if Dreamworks would just give the penguins their OWN full-length picture...
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- krazykiter
- Jan 16, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Madagascar 2
- Filming locations
- Glendale, California, USA(principal animation)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $180,010,950
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $63,106,589
- Nov 9, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $603,900,354
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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