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Summary Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent...

Directed By: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon

Written By: Eric Darnell, Noah Baumbach, Alejandro Bien-Willner

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 384 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent...

Directed By: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon

Written By: Eric Darnell, Noah Baumbach, Alejandro Bien-Willner

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
60
58% Positive
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
60
58% Positive
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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Jun 7, 2012
88
It's a kid's Cirque de Soleil, for a lot less money.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
Jun 7, 2012
80
Where Madagascar 3 soars is in its visuals: A Monte Carlo chase is vertiginously madcap; a Cirque du Soleil-style spectacle dazzles with rich pastels; the 3-D effects have wit and invention. Kids will be stimulated. And, parents, you'll enjoy the sights.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 384 User Ratings
6.7
59% Positive
228 Ratings
30% Mixed
115 Ratings
11% Negative
41 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 384 User Ratings
6.7
59% Positive
228 Ratings
30% Mixed
115 Ratings
11% Negative
41 Ratings

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Jan 3, 2023
10
Sosmooth1982
This one is y favorite out of the the series. Afro circus afro circus afro polka dot polka dot polka dot.... I just love this movie. Laugh all the time.
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Oct 1, 2022
10
NicolasRubio09
Madagascar 3 is easily the best Madagascar film. The Circus idea really makes sense & the Afro Circus/I Like To Move It Mashup is phenomenal.
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Jun 6, 2012
75
Credit Baumbach, credit the filmmakers, credit no one giving a damn anymore - for what's yet another hyperactive talking-animal children's movie, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is uncommonly rewarding, and a potential future stoner's delight.
By Alison Willmore FULL REVIEW
Jun 7, 2012
63
Hardly fresh, but it never stints on energy or vivid colors.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
Jun 7, 2012
50
The clever lines and themes of friendship and finding home are almost completely overwhelmed here by the breathless pace and sensory overload.
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
Jun 5, 2012
50
Like 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.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
Jun 7, 2012
20
Madagascar 3 can't upgrade its own shtick, becoming a craven example of a fast-buck, no-fun family film.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
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Jun 24, 2021
10
Enzy
Eu amo esse filme e como quase sempre a dremworks não decepiciona animação muito boa e colorida musicas boas e a lendária afro circus ótimos personagens e o meu favorito da série
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Nov 26, 2016
6
LostVisitor
Well developed characters continue their antics. I like the different European scenes. I think it was a bit too long for children to sit through, although the kids in the audience were captivated and behaved well.
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Sep 12, 2015
6
DanBurrito
I don't get why this is sometimes regarded as the best in the trilogy. It's the worst! It produces some laughs, but-don't panic-even the penguins seem to just be in it for fan appeal. They don't crack as many witty one-liners as they used to and the ones they do aren't as LOL funny as you'd hope. At least they make up for it by being in pretty much every frame of their own movie (which is better than this). I'm not saying it was bad, but it's rather disappointing compared to the first 2.
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Apr 20, 2025
3
BM7
The basic plot is pleasant even if simple, but the development is very banal as well as the character of the policewoman who is too childish. It is devoid of content and based only on the name of the franchise
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Nov 14, 2012
3
frontpack
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Release Date Jun 8, 2012
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Six years ago, they disappeared without a trace. Next summer, they finally resurface
Website http://www.madagascarmovie.com/
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Awards

Annie Awards
• 4 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Nominations
Kids' Choice Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations

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