Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Directors:

Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier

Writers:

Peter Ackerman (screenplay), Michael Berg (screenplay),

Stars:

Eunice Cho, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo

1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eunice Cho	...	Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King	...	Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)

Storyline

After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

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Plot Keywords:

dinosaur | rescue | egg | acorn | weasel | 

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Taglines:

You Won't Believe Your Ice!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [fr] 20th Century Fox [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 3

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£4,750,720 (UK) (10 July 2009)

Gross:

$196,573,705 (USA) (20 November 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Blue Sky Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In interviews, Otto Waalkes (the German voice of Sid) stated that John Leguizamo adopted his way of speaking as Sid and even the animation of Sid was matched to resemble the movements of Otto (he is regarded as Germany's most famous comedian).

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Goofs

As in Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown, some of the "Ice Age" creatures shown were in fact extinct before the Ice Age. (This does not count the "secret" dinosaurs they meet, which is not a goof as explained above, but to the above-ground community which Sid, Diego, and Manfred have always lived in.)

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Quotes

Sid: I'm too young to be eaten!

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Crazy Credits

The 20th Century Fox logo is surrounded by snow-covered pine trees, and the searchlights are miniature smoldering volcanoes.

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Connections

Referenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.19 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Written by Ross Bagdasarian

User Reviews

Ice Age 3: Worse than Jaws 3D

Basically this should be the last Ice Age, but it won't. The characters have been reduced to stereotypes of their previous personalities, nothing feels at stake in this movie, the best moments are in the trailer, and plot has been sacrificed to showcase the vaunted 3D animation. Jaws 3 did the same thing, except I cared enough to see the next person get eaten. This didn't make me care in the slightest.

There is an overabundance of Scrat in this movie as well. Out of the 90ish minutes, I figure a good 45 of it showed Scrat in some fashion. To me, Scrat should be an amusing side show, not a centerpiece.

In hindsight, I'm not sure why I bothered to go see this. At least I know now this will be my last foray into the "Ice Age." Skip this terrible movie entirely and save your money and your time.