Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

PG

Released Jul 1, 2009

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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After Sid (John Leguizamo) pilfers some dinosaur eggs, Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and the rest of their prehistoric pals enter a mysterious, underground world to rescue the hapless sloth. During the course of their mission, the gang encounters many creatures great and small, including hungry carnivores and a relentless, dinosaur-hunting weasel named Buck.

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Critics Consensus

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs boasts some excellent animation -- in particular, the dinosaurs are wonderfully realized -- but its story is tired and monotonous.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

The third part of the Ice Age saga suffers from franchise fatigue—the critters, most of whom we are familiar with from the past couple of films, and some that have been added in, don’t really get to do much that’s fresh and new.

Jan 29, 2018

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

The manic pace quickly grows tiresome, as does the influx of cloying baby animals.

Aug 20, 2009

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Ryan Stewart

Slant Magazine

This third entry in the animated kiddie series appears to be more, um, fair and balanced.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 6, 2009

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Rolando Gallego

EscribiendoCine

Once again, technology is at the service of a precise script that revolves around family and friends... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

May 28, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It’s a completely unnecessary sequel so unbearably unimaginative that it feels like a tired obligation being fulfilled by the begrudging talent to appease a studio’s need for sequel marketability.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

An engaging third instalment in the hit series of animated comedies about a group of oddball prehistoric creatures.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2020

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Francesco P

Il terzo miglior film dell' era glaciale

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/12/25

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K G

Another exciting instalment to the franchise, centred around another extinct species, dinosaurs. It does get different from what other Ice Age stories bring out: it is sad that Diego was plotting to leave when Ellie was about to have her child. But soon, the story gets crazy when Sid takes 3 dinosaur eggs to look after as his own & is taken by the mother dinosaur into the lost world of dinosaurs, now that is the most adventurous Ice Age movie. And another unique story was that Scrat had forgotten about the nut & fell for a female (Scratte) who also wanted a nut too. We are also introduced to a popular Ice Age character, Buck Wilde, who was enemies with Rudy since he broke out his tooth & Buck lost an eye. The best line was when Manny said "I LIKED YOU GUYS BETTER WHE YOU WERE EXTINCT!" since there is not so much sense that dinosaurs existed at the same time as animals of the Ice Age. And speaking of Manny, it was lovely to see their daughter, Peaches (sweet, round & covered with fuzz) being born. CAUTION: When you thought that the franchise should have ended there, you are forgetting the one scene in the first movie that shows the next 2 were happening in general.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/05/25

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Stephen C

What the **** were you all thinking?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Dominic C

"Dino! Cool!" 5 year olds say

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Ash T

Actually it is my favourite ice age part. It made the series a little more interesting by introducing Peaches. I would recommend the entire franchise to anyone.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/27/25

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Russell H

New character, Buck was funny. Great to see some dinosaurs

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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After Sid (John Leguizamo) pilfers some dinosaur eggs, Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and the rest of their prehistoric pals enter a mysterious, underground world to rescue the hapless sloth. During the course of their mission, the gang encounters many creatures great and small, including hungry carnivores and a relentless, dinosaur-hunting weasel named Buck.

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Producer: John C. Donkin, Lori Forte
Screenwriter: Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman, Mike Reiss, Yoni Brenner
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG (Some Mild Rude Humor|Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2014
Runtime: 1h 34m

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