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from 56 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
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FUN
26
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
30
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 56 comments (50 from Metacritic, 6 from Reddit) — 9 of them described how it moves.
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“an hour and 25 minutes of silly action without stopping, jokes everywhere and excellent animation”
Bairon_TPRG · Metacritic ↗
“it's seems that they've forced it with a morale that's never been present until the end of the film”
wariothelegend · Metacritic ↗
““Penguins of Madagascar” promises a reasonable share of wit the minute it opens with a voice-over by Werner Herzog, in a sendup of his documentary on Antarctica, “Encounters at the End of the World.””
MovieGeeks · Metacritic ↗
“it neeeeeeeever gives you a chance to breathe. There's constantly something going on.”
Patrick94 · Metacritic ↗
“it never gets dull with the film constant moving from one scene to another with lots of energy”
Jacob · Metacritic ↗
“they are joined by a crew of not that interesting characters who weigh down the film following its first ten minutes”
Jacob · Metacritic ↗
Read 26 Aug 2026 · confidence 75% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“The screenplay by John Aboud, Michael Colton and Brandon Sawyer has a fizzy, pop-culture pizazz, tempered by a distinctly vaudeville sensibility. It’s smart, but not brainy; dumb, but never inane.”
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post · 88
“From the opening frame right up to the whirlwind finale, you will be treated to non-stop action, clever dialogue and quite a bit of zany energy. If I’d fault anything about this fun romp, it’s that the filmmakers tried to jam-pack too much into one movie.”
Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times · 75
“As “cute and cuddly” as ever, and often downright hilarious.”
Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service · 75
“In zany set piece after zany set piece, the movie sets itself apart as willing to try anything, do anything for laugh, and it succeeds more often than it fails, even when falling back on some creaky wordplay and the occasional over-emphasis on both fart gags and pop culture references.”
Drew Taylor, The Playlist · 75
“Penguins of Madagascar is fun while it lasts, and then mostly forgettable except for whatever shake-your-head lunacy sticks.”
Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times · 75
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 26 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“"Pengwings". That was funny. Watched Big Hero 6 with my kids the day before and this one today. I liked BH6 better, but this one was good fun.”
Lyptus▲ 10read it ↗
“I took my family to see it today. I thought it had a lot of funny dialogue and the puns with random actor names were hilarious. KEVIN BAC-ON!”
truegrinder▲ 6read it ↗
“I thought the movie was pretty hilarious good comedy enjoyed it! Definitely worth my 1 and a half hour!”
azansaigol▲ 6read it ↗
“It was so ironic that Benedict Cumberbatch, the guy who can't pronounce penguins properly, was in a movie titled 'Penguins'. Overall, a very fun movie, I enjoyed it. Didn't feel like a stale spin-off of the main Madagascar movies.”
hornyhooligan▲ 5read it ↗
“an hour and 25 minutes of silly action without stopping, jokes everywhere and excellent animation”
Bairon_TPRGabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“it's seems that they've forced it with a morale that's never been present until the end of the film”
wariothelegendabout 75–100% inread it ↗
““Penguins of Madagascar” promises a reasonable share of wit the minute it opens with a voice-over by Werner Herzog, in a sendup of his documentary on Antarctica, “Encounters at the End of the World.””
MovieGeeksabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“it neeeeeeeever gives you a chance to breathe. There's constantly something going on.”
Patrick94about 0–100% inread it ↗
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