philw1

I'm not a big fan of Dreamworks movies (the poor man's Pixar) but nevertheless I love the Madagascar work. I bought this from my local supermarket (exclusively they claimed) expecting it to be a poor quality version of the movies, probably with bad animation and replacement voice talent. Hey, I thought, my 12 year old will still like it. I was wrong: this is beautifully animated to the quality of the movies, has all the original actors and is FUNNIER than the movies too. There's a joke involving penguins and reindeer that had we three in hysterics, perfect! This is only 26 minutes long but well worth it and a valid addition to the Madagascar movies. It could in fact be Madagascar 3 such is the quality.

I would suggest that anyone who is interested in viewing a well written US-centric ensemble performance about racial issues should obtain and watch either 'Homicide - Life on the street' or at worst 'NYPD Blue' or 'Hill Street Blues' because any of those shows will blow 'Crash' out of the water. As has been widely stated in the previous reviews: 'Crash' is VERY poor quality, primarily because of the screenplay. It lacks intelligence and finesse, has unformed and unbelievable characters, an over reliance on coincidence (fine in a pulp thriller but not in a 'serious' piece) and treats its audience like dullards. I can only presume that this was a movie intended to appeal to the usual blockbuster audience that tried to pass on a serious concept but by doing so alienated anyone of a more sophisticated taste. Oscar worthy: absolutely not.