Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

Directors:

Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier (as Michael Thurmeier)

Writers:

Michael Berg (screenplay), Jason Fuchs (screenplay),

Stars:

Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aziz Ansari	...	Squint (voice)
Joy Behar	...	Eunice (voice)
Christopher Campbell	...	Creature Siren / Various (voice)
Alain Chabat	...	Silas (voice)
Ester Dean	...	Female Siren (voice)
Peter Dinklage	...	Captain Gutt (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Aubrey Graham	...	Ethan (voice) (as Drake)
Jason Fricchione	...	Dumb Mammoth / Various (voice)
Nick Frost	...	Flynn (voice)
Josh Gad	...	Louis (voice)
Ben Gleib	...	Marshall (voice)
George Jacobs	...	Beaver (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)

Storyline

When Scrat accidentally provokes a continental cataclysm with a storm, Manny is separated from Ellie and Peaches on an iceberg with Diego, Sid and Granny but he promises that he will find a way to return home. While crossing the ocean, they are captured by the cruel pirate Captain Gutt and his crew. However they escape and Manny plots a plan to steal Captain Gutt's ship and return to his homeland in a dangerous voyage through the sea. But the cruel pirates seek revenge against Manny and his family and friends.

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Plot Keywords:

pirate | iceberg | herd | ocean | acorn | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Spain]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

L'ère de glace: La dérive des continents

Box Office

Budget:

$95,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$46,629,259 (USA) (13 July 2012)

Gross:

$161,317,423 (USA) (1 February 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Peter DeSève designed a number of animals for the film that never made it to the final cut: eohippus (prehistoric horses), a large horselike animal that Sid would have ridden, a giant squid and a number of prehistoric sharks that would have nearly eaten Granny in the scene in which she takes a bath in the ocean.

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Goofs

As in most installments in this series, many of the animals depicted did not live in the same time or place.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Manny: [upon hearing an earthquake] What, what was that? Ellie, did you hear that?
Ellie: I heard it, Manny; whatever it is, it's miles away.
Manny: Peaches, you all right? Where is she, no teenager is ever up early.

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Crazy Credits

During the first half of the closing credits, the characters get together and sing "We are Family". However, Sid's granny sings by accident "ham and cheese". As each character sings, footage of their voice actor in the recording booth can be seen.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.100 (2012)

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Soundtracks

America the Beautiful
(uncredited)
Written by Samuel A. Ward

User Reviews

A Definite Decline In The Series' Quality

As with most sequels, the quality of the Ice Age movies is definitely regressing. I've enjoyed the others in the series (well, actually, I haven't seen The Meltdown, but I've seen the original and Dawn of the Dinosaurs) but I found Continental Drift to be disappointing in comparison. The animation is good as always, but there's too much in this that's too similar to what we've seen before (and, frankly, Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel is getting tired and boring; same sub-plot every single time.)

In Continental Drift the original content came across to me as silly and overdone. As the land begins to drift apart (quite suddenly) Manny, Sid and Diego are trapped on a floating block of ice, desperately trying to get back to their "herd." Then they spend basically the entire movie fighting a gang of pirates led by a primate named Captain Gutt. This battle goes on and on and on. It makes for a movie that's a little bit (well, a lot) more violent than the other Ice Age movies and while there are some humorous moments (largely revolving around Sid's grandma) it didn't seem to me to have the fun of the other movies in the series that I've seen.

In fairness, my daughter's 8. She says she liked it. I can't disagree with that, so if the target audience is kids, then this is OK. It's just that the previous Ice Age movies seemed to have something for people of all ages to enjoy. This one was lacking that. (4/10)