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Ice Age

Play trailer 2:23 Poster for Ice Age PG 2002 1h 21m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 03/09/2018
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. Go to Full Review
Ian Freer Empire Magazine 12/30/2006
4/5
Delivers solid laughs and thrills wrapped up in an infectious sense of character. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out 06/24/2006
There's enough classically derived Road Runner-type fun to keep most family audiences happy. But the characters betray their contrivance. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 09/04/2023
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) 08/14/2020
3/5
Innovative illustration, sharp scripting and vibrant vocalising gives this sprightly animated comedy a knack for melting down the frostiest resistance. Go to Full Review
Steve Biodrowski Cinefantastique 07/06/2009
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... Go to Full Review
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vid g Nov 23 i love this movie.... its so funny.... See more Massimo D Oct 19 Iconico e divertente ma non il migliore della saga See more Big Z. @bigza09 Oct 15 C+ Art B- Entertainment C+ Overall See more Vincent W @Gojirilla5419 Oct 1 The best and only good movie in this franchise See more Joseph B Sep 14 This it absolutely 💯 funny See more Jackson W Sep 11 Movie I watched about a hundred times growing up. So many memories I have with it and it still holds up. A lot of companies have copied this type of style that Ice Age created. See more Read all reviews
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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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