Ice Age Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

What a film !

`Ice Age' emerges as one of the better animated films of recent years, cleverly designed and even more cleverly written. In twenty, thirty years time, Ice Age will be regarded as a classic. Superb cgi, rock solid plot and very funny dialogue with a nice sprinkle of charm. Ice Age is the total animation experience that adults and kids love.

The animators and designers have done a beautiful job in achieving just the right look for this tale. The backgrounds have a colourful, clean, streamlined look to them, and the animals themselves, in their appearance and design, provide a witty commentary on evolutionary history. The perfectly cast voice talents of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Dennis Leary (among many others) to create a highly entertaining, family film with a strong message about cooperation, friendship and caring for your fellow herd members.

All the environments and characters were modelled originally by clay, giving the film an artistic edge. There's nothing forced or overdone. The emotion was genuine, especially in the dramatic second half.

Pure animated entertainment

Ice Age is essentially a film about three very different animal characters making a journey together to return a baby boy to his father after his mother dies after their settlement is attacked by saber toothed tigers. This is a very heartwarming film that children will love. I thought the three main characters, Sid the Sloth, Manfred the woolly mammoth and the sabre toothed tiger were very entertaining to watch. There are some very funny scenes in this movie as well as scenes that tug at the heartstrings. This is a very watchable movie and I feel is good enough for adults to enjoy as well as kids. The dvd has lots of extra bits and pieces to see and I feel it represents real value for money as either a pay to rent or to buy. Look out for Scrat's adventure on the dvd right at the very end after all the credits have finished - very funny.