Ice Age: The Meltdown

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Ice Age: The Meltdown

PG

Released Mar 31, 2006

1h 31m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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With global warming threatening their once-icy domain with widespread flooding, Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) set out to find a safe haven. Along the way, another mammoth (Queen Latifah), who thinks she is an opossum, joins the travelers on their perilous quest.

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Critics Consensus

Despite its impressive animation and the hilarious antics of the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown comes up short on the storytelling front.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

The storyline wanes towards the end and, from the kids' point of view, the whole package lacks momentum.

Jun 24, 2006

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Carlos Saldanha's mix of race-against-time action and eco-friendly propaganda is actually an improvement on the original, not least for giving its funniest character -- acorn-hunting rodent Scrat -- a lot more to do.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2006

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Philip French

Guardian

In its untouched-by-human-hand way, it's not bad and, as in the first film, the funniest moments involve the half-rat, half-squirrel Scrat.

Apr 8, 2006

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Suffering from the same troubles as Dreamworks’ Madagascar series, the Ice Age movies over-modernize their productions with hip lingo, base humor, nonsensical references, and structures them around thin storytelling.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

I never bought in to this film and found myself regularly distracted by animation that seemed bland and boring.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Vaguely entertaining sequel to the big animated hit of 2002, but a bit flat...

Rated: 2/5

Sep 11, 2020

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Julieta M

This movie is so good that i find funny about the squirrel

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Douglas C

Según la información pone español e inglés y no puedo verlo en español

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Luiz Eduardo R

A Era do Gelo 2 eleva a qualidade da animação em relação ao primeiro filme, com visuais mais polidos, cenários vibrantes e personagens mais expressivos. A comédia continua ousada e afiada, tornando este o filme mais divertido da franquia. Os perigos naturais são bem explorados e as mensagens ambientais sobre o aquecimento global são transmitidas de forma acessível e relevante. O desenvolvimento dos personagens é um ponto forte, e o romance apresentado funciona com boa química, mesmo que em alguns momentos interfira no ritmo da história. Apesar dos acertos, o filme traz elementos sem sentido que prejudicam a imersão, além de uma narrativa desequilibrada que acelera demais no terceiro ato. No geral, diverte e emociona, mas tem falhas que impedem algo maior. Nota 7/10.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/25

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SHIHAUN J

I thought ice age the meltdown was generally a good movie the humor and the character scratch despite it having a darker theme than the original overall a good sequel

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Carter R

Ice Age: The Meltdown is actually a really good movie and a fun sequel! The characters were all likeable, the story is engaging in my opinion, the animation is definitely an improvement over the the first Ice Age, and the comedy is really well done, but to me, it suffers from Crash and Eddie, who the only hateable characters in this movie because they suck, and its terrible runtime! But overall, it's better than the original Ice Age in my opinion.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Axel V

¡Genial!!!!!!!!!!! %92🍅🧊

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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Manny

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Synopsis

With global warming threatening their once-icy domain with widespread flooding, Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) set out to find a safe haven. Along the way, another mammoth (Queen Latifah), who thinks she is an opossum, joins the travelers on their perilous quest.

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Producer: Lori Forte
Screenwriter: Peter Gaulke, Jon Vitti
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Fox Animation Studios
Rating: PG (Some Mild Language|Innuendo)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $195.3M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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