if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Possibly my favourite of the three, by now characters are well established, we've gone from the zoo to the wild and now the circus, which nicely draws to a concluding instalment.

Thoroughly entertaining and tells a great story. That's all you need to know

Well, it seems as if they couldn't leave the movie with our four heroes happy back in the plains of Africa because, well, they are starting to get homesick. Actually, the Penguins and the Monkeys had already headed home, via Monte Carlo to do a bit of gambling with all of the gold and jewels that they dug up in the previous adventure, and our heroes are starting to scratch their heads, wondering when they are going to get back again. Well, as it turns out the Penguins have completely forgotten about them so our heroes decide to head off the Europe. There is only one problem – after causing a raucous at the casino they catch the attention of Dubois, a dangerous animal hunter who wants a lion's head on her wall, so they do what any self respecting animal does, and join the circus.This film seems to move away from what the original two were exploring, namely the animals returning to their natural habitat. Okay, the animals don't actually live in Madagascar, but that was because they fell overboard and landed up there. However, we now return to civilisation (for want of a better word, though maybe I should say 'industrialised world') and have to learn how to perform in a circus. Okay, there is the problem that carnies (that is circus performers) tend to stick together and not particularly like strangers, but the Monkeys, taking on the disguise of the King of Versaille (which I have to admit is a pretty awesome disguise), buy the circus as a way to get onto the train.The problem is that the circus is, well, run down, particularly since one of the star performers ended up failing in one of his acts and now spends his time moping in the corner. In the end, as can be expected from a Hollywood movie, everything turns out for the best, though the whole adage of there being no place like home is a bit of a misnomer because, as our heroes discover, once you leave home then all of a sudden home is no longer what you could consider home. In fact once you leave home then in reality you can never actually go back home again.I have to admit that I didn't like this film as much as the second one in the franchise, but maybe because the whole joining the circus pretty much introduced a whole heap of new characters that I found quite difficult to start relating too. It wasn't as if they were bad, or annoying, it was just that they were new and, okay, somewhat annoying. I guess the whole circus thing sort of annoyed me as well. Okay, it did have a plot, and it did end reasonably well, though I guess the other thing was that Dubois also started to get under my skin by the end of the film. Sure, it is called Europe's Most Wanted, and by the end having Dubois in the film was necessary, but I still didn't particularly like her. The film was okay, but nowhere near as good as the second in the series.

Original Score:2.5/4Following up the story of the New York Zoo animals that have escaped from New York Zoo and was supposed to be sent back to the wildlife preserve of Africa, and accidentally ends up at the island of Madagascar. Where they reside and make friends with the residents of the island, the lemurs with their King Julien. From the ending of the first film, we know that the boat is out of gas. From the ending of the second film, we know that they live happily in Africa awaiting the return of the penguins who will take them back to New York after their trip.Opening in African Savannah where the second part of the story left off, we see The New York Giants(which is how the Lemurs addressed the Zoo animals from New York) overlooking a model of the city of New York. Including the New York Zoo where they call home. Alex and the other animals decides to swim for Monte Carlo in search of the penguins Skipper, Private, Rico and Kowalski who can take them back home. In addition, when they did, an animal control member named Dubois chases them across Monte Carlo (and later all over Europe). Was this the suggestion of the film's plot by the film's title? Absolutely. Some of the sequences are absolutely a visual delight for the audiences. I really did like the circus show that they did, which really did impress the American promoter. And also the finale where they did Trapeze Americando which delighted both the audiences in the show and the audiences who were watching the show. Do not exclude me because I am among the theater audiences as well. Still, I like the ways that Alex talked about following good passions, and how they inspired the Circuis Zargoza's animals to train hard and create a show that literally blew the American promoter away. However, that is pretty much one of the few things I like about the show. Other moments, not by a long shot due to the galling content. Unlike it's predecessors, Madagascar 3 has improved significantly compared to the first or second entry in the Madagascar film series. The characters of the third film have their own respective personalities, and I mean the characterizations are somehow there for the circus animals. But other characters, not so much. The plot, on the other hand, has tuned down it's humor's level of explicit content, but it is still on a level that offers kids and adults some enjoyment and entertainment without too much irrelevance, but note that irrelevant content is still present in the film. Which is what I did not like about it.Here is an example (along with the predecessors of this film) that you should not add any of that unnecessary stuff in the film, including rude humor, offensive dialogue, disturbing scenes and stuff like that. So, here's to hope that the fourth entry in the series would not be like it's predecessors, which contains a lot of unnecessary stuff.Overall, kids will enjoy the third entry in the Madagascar film series with the appealing circus performances, vocal performances and characters that they will like. But I didn't exactly like the whole thing, here I hope that the fourth entry in the franchise would tune down upon it's rude humor and focus more upon it's story, creating a film that would be as appealing as How to Train Your Dragon, which is perhaps Dreamworks's best and most relevant franchise to date.