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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWhile the result isn't the greatest show on Earth, it certainly is a lot of fun.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe story in Madagascar 3 is functional, but the antically civilized spirit is infectious.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondEurope's Most Wanted is so full of laughs and great characters, it's easily the best in the series. Like "Toy Story 3," the Madagascar gang just gets better with time, and this new adventure is funny, exciting and heartwarming.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissBoldly and gaily sustained the madcap momentum for the whole of its eighty-few minutes.
- 75Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleySlant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyIn spite of its lazy, cookie-cutter screenplay, simple narrative mechanics are only dutifully observed to the extent that they step aside to make way for numerous flights of madness.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangGood-humored and endearing, full of energy and color (sometimes neon) if not quite Pixar-level invention.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyYes, it's a cartoon, but it's conspicuously unmodulated, with the volume set on high and the pacing all but pushed to fast-forward.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceLike a big-screen Big Gulp, this third installment of the billion-dollar animated franchise contains as much cinematic confection as an 85-minute movie can bear.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFor many adults, sitting through this will be an exercise in tedium. It offers about as much as an oversized, overlong Saturday morning cartoon and if that's where expectations are set, it probably won't disappoint. Talk about setting the bar low, though.
- 40Time OutTime OutMadagscar 3 is less interested in plucking the last bit of meat off the series's bones than with simply picking the lowest-hanging fruit.