Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Play trailer

2:24

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

PG

Released Jul 1, 2009

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

46%

Tomatometer

164 Reviews

63%

Popcornmeter

250,000+ Ratings

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.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

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.

Read Critics Reviews

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

Full Review

Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

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

Aug 20, 2009

Full Review

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

Full Review

EscribiendoCine Staff

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

Full Review

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

Full Review

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

Full Review

Read all reviews

Nick R

The animation is getting better, but the story is getting worse.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

Full Review

Dimitra T

Dieser Film ist für mich minimal besser als der zweite Teil obwohl ich den schon wirklich gut fand.Das Setzing wurde komplett anders und ist irgendwie absurd aber es funktioniert erstaunlich gut.Buck als neuen Charakter einzuführen war eine so gute Idee.Animation sieht sich wieder sehr gut aus.Scrats Nebenplot hatte paar neue Einfälle die gut funktionierten.Ein wirklich guter Film.Kommt nicht an Teil 1 ran aber trotzdem echt gut.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/03/24

Full Review

Cartoon R

(77/100) Bom Essa é a melhor das continuações de Era do gelo na minha opinião. A animação é maravilhosa, os dinossauros desse filme são incrivelmente bem animados, chegam até a serem melhores que a animação dos dinossauros de "Bom dinossauro" de 2015. Acho que os personagens desse filme são muito legais e fiéis aos dois primeiros filmes (Os irmãos da Ellie são muito fiéis, por isso, continuam chatos para um caramba). A Ellie na minha opinião, é mais legal nesse filme, do que no segundo. O Buck, é um dos melhores personagens da franquia, ele é o que torna esse filme tão divertido. O humor aleatório dele é maravilhoso, e a história dele com o Rudy é muito impactante e muito épica. As cenas do Scrat são bem divertidas, a ideia de ele ter uma rival, foi bem legal (Apesar de eu achar ela um pouco irritante). Os dinossauros são bem variados, tornando o filme bem complexo e muito impressionante de ver os dinossauros. Os filhotes do Sid são bem fofos e legais, nada além disso, são tipo uns Minions, só que menos insuportáveis. Porém, esse filme tem alguns problemas. Muitos críticos dizem que esse filme é monótono e cansativo por causa da história e de fato, as coisas demoram muito para acontecer, o início do filme parece até um drama. O filme só começa a ficar divertido a bessas, quando o Buck aparece. O filme tenta passar a ideia de que os dinossauros ficaram escondidos debaixo da terra quando o meteoro veio, eu não acho uma explicação tão boa, nunca foi algo que fez sentido pra mim. Enfim, é um filme muito divertido, não acho que ele seja uma obra prima, mas é a continuação que mais me cativou.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

Full Review

Zion C

Great film in every way.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

Full Review

Leaburn O

Lacking the charm of its predecessors but still has a few good moments. Plot as always a bit thin but characters are ok. It’s fine but forgettable. Watched on Netflix.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

Full Review

David C

No lo máximo como la primera le dan menos tiempo en pantalla a Sid la historia casi no tiene sentido

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Carlos Saldanha

Director

Ray Romano

Manny

Denis Leary

Diego

John Leguizamo

Sid

Queen Latifah

Ellie

Seann William Scott

Crash

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

Ice Age: Continental Drift

37%

61%

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Watchlist

Ice Age

77%

82%

Ice Age

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ice Age

Ice Age: The Meltdown

56%

71%

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: Collision Course

18%

39%

Ice Age: Collision Course

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ice Age: Collision Course

Fantastic Mr. Fox

93%

85%

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Fantastic Mr. Fox

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

RT on DVD: Ice Age, Battlestar, and Creeps

Robots Scrap Scrat as Transformers freezes out Ice Age

Box Office Guru Wrapup: Transformers and Ice Age Tie for Top Spot

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Trailer 1

2:24

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Teaser Trailer 1

1:57

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

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

Most Popular at Home Now