Ice Age

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Ice Age

PG

Released Mar 15, 2002

1h 21m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Twenty-thousand years ago, Earth is a wondrous, prehistoric world filled with great danger, not the least of which is the beginning of the Ice Age. To avoid a really bad frostbite, the planet's majestic creatures - and a few small, slothful ones - begin migrating south . The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.

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Critics Consensus

Even though Ice Age is treading over the same grounds as Monsters, Inc. and Shrek, it has enough wit and laughs to stand on its own.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

In the time-honored tradition of kids' films, Ice Age mixes broad displays of physical cruelty with a sweet message, which in this case is about the need of each member of a herd to look after the other.

Mar 9, 2018

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Janice Page

Boston Globe

Rated: 2/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

Delivers solid laughs and thrills wrapped up in an infectious sense of character.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

After the first three wordless minutes of Ice Age, where a mute squirrel creature named Scrat hilariously struggles to bury his sole remaining acorn in a newly formed glacier, everything goes downhill.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Innovative illustration, sharp scripting and vibrant vocalising gives this sprightly animated comedy a knack for melting down the frostiest resistance.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2020

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

The highlight of the film turns out to be the character least integral to the "plot" ... [Scrat's] apparently eternal quest for a beloved chestnut...plays like a series of classic cartoon short subjects...

Jul 6, 2009

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Dominic C

Every Ice Age movie feels the same and they just got worse & worse

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Jim P

I just re-watched this, for maybe the 5th time. It's pretty good but hasn't aged well. Compare it with modern animation like in The Wild Robot... Having said that, the characters are likeable!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Audience Member

By far the best movie of the franchise, and the only one other than meltdown that I would see several times. The story is based around how animals would really act in the Ice Age, and brings along a herde like sense of unity. The main star in the movie is definitely Sid the slof who is quite amusing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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barb L

"Ice Age" is one of the best animated movies of all time! From the hilarious Sid, to the amazing story this is definetly a must see, and by far the best Ice Age movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Alfred Junior T

Shows a funny and great relationship between different creatures the cast was not too good but also shows that differences don't matter

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Malcolm E

The best movie out of a messed up movie series

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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Synopsis

Twenty-thousand years ago, Earth is a wondrous, prehistoric world filled with great danger, not the least of which is the beginning of the Ice Age. To avoid a really bad frostbite, the planet's majestic creatures - and a few small, slothful ones - begin migrating south . The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.

Director: Chris Wedge
Producer: Lori Forte
Screenwriter: Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman, Michael J. Wilson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation Studios
Rating: PG (Mild Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $176.4M
Runtime: 1h 21m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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