Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.

Directors:

Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath,

Writers:

Eric Darnell (screenplay), Noah Baumbach (screenplay)

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer

18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper / First Policeman (voice)
Frances McDormand	...	Captain Chantel DuBois (voice)
Jessica Chastain	...	Gia (voice)
Bryan Cranston	...	Vitaly (voice)
Martin Short	...	Stefano (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Mason / Second Policeman (voice)

Storyline

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still trying to get back to the Big Apple and their beloved Central Park zoo, but first they need to find the penguins. When they travel to Monte Carlo, they attract the attention of Animal Control after gate crashing a party and are joined by the penguins, King Julian and Co., and the monkeys. How do a lion, zebra, hippo, giraffe, four penguins, two monkeys, three lemurs travel through Europe without attracting attention and get back to New York? They join a traveling circus. Their attempts to get back to New York are consistently hampered by the Captain of Animal Control who wants to make Alex part of her collection. Once they make it back to New York Marty, Alex, Gloria and Melman realize that they want to be part of the traveling circus.

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Plot Keywords:

penguin | circus | animal | giraffe | zebra | 

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Taglines:

Six years ago, they disappeared without a trace. Next summer, they finally resurface

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Madagascar 3

Box Office

Budget:

$145,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$60,316,738 (USA) (8 June 2012)

Gross:

$216,366,733 (USA) (12 October 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Captain Chantel DuBois sings approximately 1 minute of "Non, je ne regrette rien" to her henchmen. This is a French song best known through its 1960 recording by Édith Piaf. Piaf dedicated her recording of the song to the French Foreign Legion (FFL), which has now become part of the FFL heritage and is sung when they are on parade. Due to the men's reaction, it is assumed that all of them serve or served in the FFL.

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Goofs

When Vitaly jumps through the Ring, he starts spinning clockwise. The next shot he stands still and the background turns anticlockwise, from this view it should turn clockwise.

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Quotes

Capitaine Chantel DuBois: [Alex gets rid of DuBois by throwing her into a pool as they fly away] Well played, Lion. Game on.

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Connections

Referenced in Tosh.0: Smell Yo Dick (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Rock This Party"
Performed by Bob Sinclair

User Reviews

Fun at the circus!

Far too many sequels fall short of the original (Ice Age and Shrek come to mind, I think most people prefer the original ). Well, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is here to remind you that not all movies follow that pattern. In my opinion this one feels better then the second and just as good as the first.

I'll try to summarize the story line. It picks up where they left us in part 2, the animals are trying to go back to New York City to their lovely " Home ", the Central Park zoo. In the process they have to stow away with a run-down traveling circus to stay hidden from a killer animal control officer.

This movie is perfect for some family fun and the themes it has of friendship and no matter what friends always stick together is important for the youngsters. couples on a date or a group of friends that are looking for some laughs, will not be disappointed as well. If you are interested in watching it in 3D, it's decent at best.