Directed by- Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Ben Stiller …. Alex (voice)
Chris Rock …. Marty (voice)
David Schwimmer …. Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith …. Gloria (voice)

The Dvd was out last week…
Fabulous Film! Is all I can say. I watched a lot of animation movies and there are times when I really got bored while watching the movie. I thought this movie too would be the same but to my surprise it was very funny right from the begining till the end with witty scripts.

At the begining of the movie where Marty is running in an open field jumping around, birds chripping and suddenly Alex comes in front of him and says ‘Surprise!’ Marty falls back and says :’ Alex don’t you ever disturb me when I’m day dreaming!’ That line just cracked me up.

imdb says …
Housed in the Central Park Zoo, star performing lion Alex , neurotic giraffe Melman and sensible hippo Gloria, are all content with the adoration they get from the crowds and their pampered lifestyle. However, depressed zebra Marty desires to be free in the wild, much to the disbelief of his friends. Sneaking out one night into the big city, Marty gets a taste of freedom, but it’s cut short when his friends come to “rescue” him, and they all are caught. Then they are all packed in boxes and kicked out of the zoo, the group is sent on a journey overseas, which quickly goes awry, sending them to a new foreign land where they attempt to survive outside of Central Park.

Every conversation in this movie is just hillariuos!! and I have to admit it that I liked the song ” I like to Move it .” Believe it or not I’ve been singing this song the whole day and now my husband too sings this song!!

Chris rock lights up the movie with his non-sensical crack-a-jackers like ..”wow! grand central station! its grand and its central!” but the penguins get to steal the limelight in the movie with lines like “just smile-n-wave boys!! smile-n-wave!!” and “cute-n-cuddly boys! cute-n-cuddly!!” ..I liked the part of the movie where the protagonists end up in madagascar (instead of Congo basin, to where they are originally being “ship”ped) …and meet the inmates of the island!

A highlight of the movie is the penguins finally reaching Antarctica to see what it really feels like first hand! After a few seconds of on-screen silence and non-stop gazes at a snow storm, one of them goes “this sucks”! what really adds to the moment is that these penguins have been planning an escape to Antarctica (from the new york zoo) all along !!

Its hillarious …and its about travel & immigration!! now thats a topic which gets more than a few laughs!!

There is a sequel coming up in 2008! gotta see whats next in this story!