▁The ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁ 7 3 % ▁rating ▁on ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 1 0 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 2 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁was ▁" P engu ins ▁of ▁Mad agas car ▁is ▁fast ▁and ▁bright ly ▁colored ▁enough ▁to ▁entertain ▁small ▁children , ▁but ▁too ▁fr ant ically ▁silly ▁to ▁offer ▁real ▁film going ▁fun ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁family ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁achieved ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 5 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁based ▁on ▁reviews ▁from ▁ 3 1 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁Aud ien ces ▁survey ed ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁grade ▁A – . ▁ ▁Michael ▁Recht sh affen ▁of ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁saying ▁" Wh ile ▁there ▁are ▁plenty ▁of ▁mad cap ▁ant ics ▁to ▁fill ▁a ▁feature , ▁all ▁that ▁man ic ▁energy ▁ultimately ▁proves ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁exhaust ing ▁than ▁ex h ilar ating ." ▁Elizabeth ▁We itz man ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Daily ▁News ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁three ▁out ▁of ▁five ▁stars , ▁saying ▁" Gr anted , ▁it ' s ▁no ▁classic , ▁but ▁a ▁s ass y ▁script ▁and ▁good - n ature d ▁voice ▁work ▁from ▁Bened ict ▁C umber batch ▁and ▁John ▁M alk ov ich ▁should ▁keep ▁k ids ▁and ▁grow nu ps ▁ent ert ained ▁over ▁the ▁hol