I loved the first two films in the series, but this one fell flat almost from the beginning. The sharp, snappy dialogue and witty jokes of the first two became rather mundane this time around. Sight gags that worked in the first two were retread again but not as well, and the story jumped across continents and seas so fast it made you wonder why getting home to the zoo in NYC was such a seemingly impossible task in the first two. Worst yet, they're chased around Europe by a French female animal control officer whose character is so flat that I found myself hoping the old Jewish lady from the first two would show up and never did. All in all, watching this film became so tedious that I fell asleep near the end missing about 5 minutes and woke up not caring about what I had missed. I paid for eight kids and adults to see this, none of them were impressed, and I wish I could have asked for my money back. Let's face it, even the Avengers couldn't save this turkey!!!