Ice Age: Continental Drift

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Ice Age: Continental Drift

PG

Released Jul 13, 2012

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Scrat's continuous pursuit of an infernal acorn has world-changing consequences for Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) when the continents split apart. The continental crack-up separates Manny and his friends from the rest of the herd, including Manny's mate, Ellie (Jennifer Lopez) and rebellious daughter Peaches (Keke Palmer). The pals are desperate to return home, but a pirate (Peter Dinklage) and his ragtag crew stand in their way.

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Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D has moments of charm and witty slapstick, but it often seems content to recycle ideas from the previous films.

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Leonard Maltin

indieWire

...everything I liked about the original movie has been worn down.

Aug 3, 2012

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Never mind that the freshness of the original Ice Age and its main characters Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary), and Sid (John Leguizamo) has dissipated. How many series could sustain themselves at all through a fourth iteration?

Rated: 2.1/2

Jul 13, 2012

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Yes, this is the part where I outsource my critical role to my children. If you are the kind of person who (quite understandably) abhors this particular gimmick, you may wish to stop reading now.

Jul 13, 2012

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

Unless you've got little kids you need to entertain for an hour-and-a-half, don't waste any time on [this].

Rated: F

Sep 18, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Ice Age: Continental Drift isn't much more than a paint-by-numbers animated feature with a positive, pro-family message.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Just sort of sits on the screen, going through the motions for 90 minutes or so. It's neither good nor bad and, unless you are under the age of 8, you'll likely forget it by the time you get home.

Apr 11, 2019

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Leaburn O

This one gets a rating of 8 even if I thought it was a 6. The reason for this elevated score is because, “I thought it was funny”. Watched on DVD.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Dominic G

I think the movies fun, It’s not as good as the 3 before it however it’s funny and has good characters, It’s more of a movie that you have to turn your brain off to though. It’s not a movie that has to trigger your nuerons to much until you realize wait this movies supposed to be the breakup of Pangea but humans exists and dinosaurs have been basically extinct. It’s a fun watch however

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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David C

No es mi favorito la historia está muy mal echa en mi opinión todo siempre le subsede a los personajes originales ahí personajes que ni siquiera conocíamos

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Audience Member

Not as good as Ice Age 1,2 and 3... BUT not a bad film at all. Lot of fun and good visuals.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Jack N

It is decent. Not anything compared to the predecessor, but a decent animated movie that I would watch again.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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Reagan K

Best movie in the series. Hilarious. Sid and Scrat carried.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/24

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Steve Martino

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Mike Thurmeier

Director

Ray Romano

Manny

John Leguizamo

Sid

Denis Leary

Diego

Josh Peck

Eddie

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Synopsis

Scrat's continuous pursuit of an infernal acorn has world-changing consequences for Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) when the continents split apart. The continental crack-up separates Manny and his friends from the rest of the herd, including Manny's mate, Ellie (Jennifer Lopez) and rebellious daughter Peaches (Keke Palmer). The pals are desperate to return home, but a pirate (Peter Dinklage) and his ragtag crew stand in their way.

Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Producer: Lori Forte, John C. Donkin
Screenwriter: Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Rating: PG (Mild Rude Humor|Action/Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 27, 2014
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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