My children enjoy this movie. They do all the dances and they love the story. There are some moments of scary parts for young children

A very good sequel that's better than the first so I'm shocked.

MADAGASCAR isn’t classic by any stretch, but it was funny and entertaining. I can't say as much for the sequel. The animals are back, and this time they're in Africa. Alex meets his parents, Marty meets a clan of zebras, Gloria meets a man and Melvin becomes a witch-doctor. Impressed? I wasn't either. There are crude terms ("poop" and "moron"). There is quite a bit of sexual innuendo. As a male hippo walks (with "I like `em big/I like `em chunky" playing) as the camera focuses on his abs and butt. Another hippo says she might join the "breeding program" at a zoo, and hippos gawk at how "big and huge" they are. A lemur cozies up to a male giraffe with a gleeful smile. The same (male) lemur pops out of a cake wearing a skirt and coconut bra asking who is attracted to him. A male monkey willingly kisses a male penguin on the mouth, and pictures of a penguin kissing and fondling a doll are seen as blackmail.

The first was one good, but seemed to a lower quality Disney/Pixar movie. I liked it, 6/10. I thought this one was going to be the same, but NO it's better than the first. It has a good story, picking up with the last one and leaving it for another one. I'm not saying the story was rich and deep, but it was good for a cartoon, and the laughs made up for it. My whole family was rolling and laughing. 8/10.

My son loves that each character has very unique personalities. There is some innuendo, but he misses it at age 3, doesn't think anything of it. He has a lot of fun with the music and action. He's constantly singing the song "I like to move it!". This is a regular watch in our home.

This is NOT a kids movie. At. All. I had read about the "innuendo," but there's not innuendo about it. They make no attempt to cover the sexuality in this movie. I was watching it with my 19 month old, who was blissfully unaware of anything but "meenkees" and "peengins" and I was still uncomfortable with her seeing it. The self-declared "King" is an overtly gay character who dresses in drag declaring "look I'm dressed like a lady" and then asks "who is attracted to me?" Several times there are close-ups of the animals' butts and groins while sexual lines or music are being presented. There is also not-so-cleverly disguised cursing. And the penguins, who are generally presented as heros, steal throughout the movie. They also intentionally run over a little old lady with a jeep, ask "is she dead?" And when the answer is "no," they hit her again. This movie was just simply not made for kids. And it's not really that enjoyable for adults either.

I felt they gave too much attention to the hippo dating scenes. Also, some of things King Julius says do not need to be in a kids movie, they repeat but don't understand the lines. Couldn't they of laid off with the Granny and just left her out of this one. My son was asking why the penguins are stronger than the Granny.

This is a really fun movie, but lacks in plot twists, and is a bit short. All of your favorite actors are back, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith, preforming their rolls somewhat better than before. My biggest gripe is that it is really short, only 89 minutes, and there is 11 story lines (but all are simple to follow). If you need some family fun, go ahead and watch it, the kids will love it. 3 out of 5.

There are some truly cute moments in this film, but it seems at times to forget that it is a children's movie. I liked the message about learning to love and appreciate others even if they are different. For example Alex prefers dancing to fighting like a lion and in the end his parents are proud of him. But why do so many children's movies have to have fights and violence? Also, the objectification of females (like the hippo) based on their physical appearance is disturbing. These themes were clearly for an older audience. The movie tries too hard to be both appealing to kids and the adults with them at the same time.