I often find it beneficial to wait a little while before writing up a review for a film - that way I find the Lord helps me to remember the important things and forget the rest. And so as I write this, about a week after watching Madagascar, the fact that I can remember so little about the film gives you a fair indication of the quality of the production, as well as how I felt having finished watching it a week or so ago. The storyline was thin, though if one can ignore the questionable sub-plot that the world would be a better place if nature didn't take its course, and lions didn't go around eating other animals, the overall message can be seen as one of the importance of friendship in spite of physical differences. Overall though that was not enough to save the film, and the production for me had the feel of having been written, produced and directed by a group of somewhat immature, prejudicial high-school students - albeit with the aid of professional computer animators to smarten the overall appearance of things out. Suggesting the film was also aimed in-part at an adult audience there was also a misplaced reference to the film American Beauty - thus giving further credence and approval to a morally corrupt film. Fortunately, in a one-off viewing, children will probably not pick up on the film's questionable elements, however this isn’t a film I’d recommend repeat viewing of.