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Escape From New York, Animal StyleThe critics on Madagascar and other new releases.

Posted Friday, May 27, 2005, at 3:04 PM ET

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In this week's audio-only Summary Judgment, writer Mark Jordan Legan sums up how the critics feel about three new releases: Madagascar, the latest computer-animated feature from Dreamworks; The Longest Yard, a remake of the Burt Reynolds movie starring … Burt Reynolds, along with Adam Sandler; and A League of Ordinary Gentlemen, a documentary about efforts to revitalize bowling.

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