Penguins of Madagascar takes our stars on a somewhat nostalgic journey into how their bond was originally created (the most successful part of film), and then on to a mixture of James Bond type bad guy intrigue and encounters with Guardians of the Galaxy style good guys. That all sounds pretty good, right? I mean, a bit far fetched and overreaching, but good? Uh, no.
We all love the Penguins and that's what made me thing it might be a film I'd actually like, but I was severely disappointed all around. Even the Penguins were sub par most of the time. Perhaps they simply can't sustain their sarcastic cuteness for an entire film. Although there were individual moments of definitive laughter and their typical tongue in cheek maneuvers (mostly in flashbacks, if you can believe an animated movie has flashbacks), but the action and the plot were contrived to the extreme. It was a thin line that threaded each scene together and at one point, I had to throw that out and take each scene as unrelated, though still lackluster. Yes, there were a few cute moments and some clever comebacks, but this is definitely one that can be missed.
"The Movie Event That Will Blow Their Cover"? How about "The Movie Event That Will Just Blow"?
2.25 out of 5 stars
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