The Penguins work better in smaller doses, but if you just consider this movie as a string of those smaller doses stitched lightly together (which isn't too too difficult to do), it's an amusing way to pass an hour and a half.
A ★★ review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Nobody will mistake this for Citizen Kane,, but PoM delivers just what it says on the tin: Xty minutes of those lovable and/or annoying scamps from the Madagascar, engaging in espionage / mad science hi-jinx against an old nemesis they had no idea existed, and aided by another team of intelligent animals who have all the gadgets but none of the never-say-die panache of our flippered friends. It’s always dangerous to write a sequel/spin-off about …
The video conference gag was terrific though.