2009 · animation · family
Merry Madagascar
Directed by David Soren30m2009
While trapped on the island of Madagascar, the Central Park Zoo escapees receive a visit from Santa--crash landing on their territory and getting amnesia to boot! The animals must help Santa assume his rightful place in the universe, while King Julian laps up the opportunity for his subjects.
Our read: Merry Madagascar (2009) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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How Merry Madagascar feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a half-hour Madagascar Christmas special with silly Santa chaos.”
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