Madagascar (2005)

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

I give Madagascar a solid 81%.

In general this was a great flick and it had some very funny moments. The animation was very well done, except I did not like the look of the zebra's nostrils. That just really bothered me. This film was funny, kid-friendly, but no so dopey as to make the adults sick.
I liked the premise of the story. The animals were content living in the zoo and the thought of living in the wild freaked all of them except Marty the zebra and the penguins. The characters were memorable. I think my favorite had to be Melman the hypochondriac giraffe. And this was educational too. I now know for real what a foosa is.

There were some great subtle, and not-so-subtle references to other movies. In particular I liked the references to the original Planet of the Apes. It was missed by everyone in the theater under 35 I think.

My favorite quote:

Marty the Zebra: The penguins are going, so why can't I?
Alex the Lion: Marty, the penguins are psychotic.

Is this a conspriacy against Linux? Hmmm.....

Anyway, oh sugar, honey, ice tea! I forgot to mention that it took 4 days to get "I like to move it" unstuck from my head.

I will probably buy this as DVD.