It's fitting that cheesy puffs play a significant role in "Penguins of Madagascar." After all, that's exactly what the movie is: a light, airy, instantly disposable but admittedly tasty synthetic ...

It's not that "Penguins of Madagascar" is a particularly bad movie, it's that it's so incredibly rote. All the glossy, kinetic animation and inventive action sequences get lost in the gag machine.

‘Penguins of Madagascar' swamped by puns (w/video) Rife with too many tongue-in-cheek quips, the latest Penguin flick fails where other arctic bird movies excelled.

Whatever else may be said about Penguins of Madagascar, it certainly moves — at what seems like an almost impossible pace. To say that the movie is action-packed scarcely does it justice.

It's not that "Penguins of Madagascar" is a particularly bad movie, it's that it's so incredibly rote. All the glossy, kinetic animation and inventive action sequences get lost in the gag machine.

Watch a film clip from "Penguins of Madagascar," starring Tom McGrath, Chris Miller and Christopher Knights. Photo/Video: 20th Century Fox Four penguins turned spies are the heroes of “Penguins ...

Charming in small doses, the “Penguins of Madagascar” prove altogether less irresistible in their feature-length starring debut. The latest example of DreamWorks Animation’s franc… ...

Charming in small doses, the “Penguins of Madagascar” prove altogether less irresistible in their feature-length starring debut. The latest example of DreamWorks Animation’s franchise mania ...

The birds of 'Penguins of Madagascar' are comedy gold, but the barrage of fowl wisecracks can be overwhelming.