Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
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7 nominations.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tom McGrath | ... | Skipper (voice) | |
| Chris Miller | ... | Kowalski (voice) | |
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Christopher Knights | ... | Private (voice) |
| Conrad Vernon | ... | Rico (voice) | |
| John Malkovich | ... | Dave (voice) | |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | ... | Classified (voice) | |
| Ken Jeong | ... | Short Fuse (voice) | |
| Annet Mahendru | ... | Eva (voice) | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Corporal (voice) | |
| Andy Richter | ... | Mort (voice) | |
| Danny Jacobs | ... | King Julien (voice) | |
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Sean Charmatz | ... | Cricket (voice) |
| Werner Herzog | ... | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) | |
| Stephen Kearin | ... | Pilot / Aquarium Employee (voice) | |
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Kelly Cooney | ... | Mermaid Penguin (voice) |
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Super spy teams aren't born - they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome Eurasian wolf Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then - you know). Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, from destroying the world as we know it. Written by Anonymous
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Dave: What? Are you kidding me?
[the snow globe falls from the duct tape, Skipper catches him]
Skipper: Dave. Oh-ho, look at you.
Dave: You think this is over? I'm just getting started! I'm about...
Kowalski: What do we do with him now?
[Rico attempts to swallow the snow globe, but Skipper pulls it away]
Girl with Snow Globe: Aww...
Dave: [to the Penguins] Open this right now!
Skipper: Here you go, kid.
[...]
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Written by Chris Rock, Erick Morillo and Mark Quashie
Performed by Chris Rock and Danny Jacobs
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[after the battle, Dave is revealed made cute by the ray, shrunk and trapped inside a snow globe]Dave: What? Are you kidding me?
[the snow globe falls from the duct tape, Skipper catches him]
Skipper: Dave. Oh-ho, look at you.
Dave: You think this is over? I'm just getting started! I'm about...
Kowalski: What do we do with him now?
[Rico attempts to swallow the snow globe, but Skipper pulls it away]
Girl with Snow Globe: Aww...
Dave: [to the Penguins] Open this right now!
Skipper: Here you go, kid.
[...]
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Crazy Credits
When the film begins, a glacier calves (breaks off ice) to reveal the Dreamworks Animation logo, the logo portion then calves again to replace the boy holding the fishing pole with the four penguins standing on each others' shoulders. See more »Soundtracks
Afro Circus / I Like To Move ItWritten by Chris Rock, Erick Morillo and Mark Quashie
Performed by Chris Rock and Danny Jacobs
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26 November 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$132,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$25,447,444, 30 November 2014Gross USA:
$83,850,911Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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While taking too much from the "Despicable Me" franchise, "Penguins of Madagascar" is fun, funny and so maniacally paced that viewers will likely feel they got their ticket-price's worth.
But that doesn't excuse the fact that its a mediocre movie.
"Penguins" belongs in the mid-summer dross of quick-release films that count on built in audiences. This is a TV movie that got a release date during the Holiday season when family fare is compelling. This movie will likely result in a TV show (Penguins are cute! is the literal raison d'etre for this movie) but the movie is not worthy of cinematic release.
The story is too, too, familiar, the characters are rote, and the script's best gags are re-cycled. The best use of "Penguins" is to see if your eldest child is capable of riding herd on their sibs for the two hour running time of this film and its trailers. Sit a few rows behind your brood, smile at the familiar gags, then take the family out for ice cream. Chocolate may be the best compensation for sitting through "Penguins of Madagascar."