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Ice Age on DVD (2002)

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Starring: Denis Leary, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, Tara Strong, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root
Director: Chris Wedge
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 77 mins
Certificate: U
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Genres: Family
Languages: English
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: English
Released: 21/10/2002
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Brief synopsis of Ice Age

A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20,000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly antisocial Manny, a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo), a sloth, the two become unlikely traveling companions. The plot thickens when the duo finds a human infant and decides to try to return the child to its herd. Manny slowly but surely reveals his heart of gold, while Sid continues to provide comic relief. Diego (voiced by Denis Leary), a saber-toothed tiger with ulterior motives, soon joins them in their search for the humans. Ultimately, this group of misfits becomes its own herd, learning about friendship and loyalty as they brave snow, ice, freezing temperatures, predators, hail, and even boiling lava pits. All the while, a snaggle-toothed squirrel, Scat, provides comic relief as he valiantly struggles with an acorn. A well-written, humorous script and endearing characters mesh well with the state-of-the-art technology and effects. Other stars lending their voices to the feature include Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, and Jane Krakowski.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Pity poor Ice Age. If it hadn't been released so close to the excellent Monsters, Inc, it may have avoided excessive scrutiny. But with the Pixar hit illustrating how good computer animation can be, this similarly created adventure isn't so much cool as downright tepid. Much of this is due to the plot, in which a moody mammoth, a slow-thinking sloth and a sinister sabre-toothed tiger team up during the Pleistocene era to return a lost human infant to his parents. It's wittily scripted with plenty of banter between the lead characters, voiced by John Leguizamo and Denis Leary among others. But there's insufficient action and excitement to carry such a basic tale while having a snow-covered environment to look at doesn't help either. The style of the animation is equally hard to warm to — the boxy, sharp-edges and coldness may be fitting given the sub-zero setting, but children (and adults too) seem to respond best to a certain amount of cuteness that Ice Age sadly lacks. Overall, this is adequate, but instantly forgettable.

Time Out

Fox's CGI feature fails to match the constant visual surprise and teeming invention provided by Disney-Pixar ever since... Read more on www.timeout.com

Rating of 1 stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Well-animated dinosaur of a story with some welcome moments of slapstick in the tradition of Chuck Jones.

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Rated - 5 starsWhat a film !

JediSi JediSi , 24/08/2007

`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

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Rated - 5 starsICE AGE!

A from Birmingham , 21/02/2006

I don't understand the negative reviews about this film - I loved every minute! Just because it is not dreamworks, pixar or disney, doesn't mean anything - in fact I didn't realise it wasn't one of those and that makes it even more brilliant. I disagree with the independant review here - and actually thought it was better than Monsters Inc. It's funny and has a nice little story. I loved all the characters and the voices are great. Also you never know what's going to happen next! The little squirrel who keeps pooping up out of nowhere is really good. Great entertainment - just what a DVD should be! Can't wait for Ice Age 2.

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Rated - 3 starsDidnt leave me that cold...

Gonzo Soul from The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge , 13/05/2004

This film was recommended to me by a friend who's an animation student, and its actually pretty good. The characters were funny and well realised. The film would be good to watch with the kids. I really loved the end segment with the squirrel.

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Rated - 4 stars

A customer from PETERBOROUGH , 07/06/2004

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.

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Rated - 3 starsDidnt leave me that cold...

Gonzo Soul from The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge , 13/05/2004

This film was recommended to me by a friend who's an animation student, and its actually pretty good. The characters were funny and well realised. The film would be good to watch with the kids. I really loved the end segment with the squirrel.

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Rated - 5 starsloved it

Stuart Guest from Stockport, England , 20/01/2006

I watched this film twice so I didn't miss anything, good family film, easily watchable. Waiting for Ice Age 2.

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