6.7/10
139,619
135 user 229 critic

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Trailer
2:32 | Trailer

Watch Now

From EUR2.99 on Amazon Video

ON DISC
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:

, (as Michael Thurmeier)

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
Reviews
Popularity
1,174 ( 1,009)
2 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

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
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Manny, Sid, and Diego discover that the ice age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny, in fact, is not the last of the woolly mammoths.

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Ice Age (2002)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a wooly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.

Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock
Madagascar (2005)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming.

Directors: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpel rules supreme.

Director: Mike Mitchell
Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Shrek 2 (2004)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Cars (2006)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.

Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Stars: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman
Rio (2011)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez
Shrek (2001)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, an ogre agrees to rescue a princess for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Squint (voice)
...
Eunice (voice)
Christopher Campbell ...
Creature Siren / Various (voice)
...
Silas (voice)
...
Female Siren (voice)
...
Captain Gutt (voice)
...
Scratte (voice)
...
Ethan (voice)
Jason Fricchione ...
Dumb Mammoth / Various (voice)
...
Flynn (voice)
...
Louis (voice)
...
Marshall (voice)
George Jacobs ...
Beaver (voice)
...
Ellie (voice)
...
Diego (voice)
Edit

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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

pirate | iceberg | herd | ocean | acorn | See All (68) »

Taglines:

Irritable and clueless. See more »


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild rude humor and action/peril | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

| |  »

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

13 July 2012 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Ice Age 4  »

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

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The knife Gupta throws to Louis is Buck's knife from Ice Age 3. See more »

Goofs

Several of the animals aboard Gutt's ship are carnivorous - Shira and the elephant seal, for example - yet all the "pirate booty" is fruit and vegetables. What are these characters eating? See more »

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.
See more »

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. See more »

Connections

References The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) See more »

Soundtracks

Chasing the Sun
Written by Example (as Elliot Gleave) and Alex James Smith
Performed by The Wanted
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd. / The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
Ice Age 4-A worthy sequel
5 July 2012 | by (New Zealand) – See all my reviews

I loved Ice Age the first one to death when I first watched it. I own it and every once and awhile I go to my DVD cupboard and pick it up and watch it. I disliked the sequel, Ice Age: Meltdown. The second sequel i hated too. They added new characters and I missed the chemistry and the funny lines that happened between just Sid the sloth, Manny and Diego the sabre tooth tiger. They added new characters which were sometimes funny but I missed the same three from the first one. In this third sequel the team must have realized this by splitting Sid, Manny and Diego with Sid's funny, odd grandma sloth away from the others on a race to get back to the herd and to get rid of these pirates. The pirates are entertaining as ever and very funny, the monkey played by Peter Dinklage is really good and the main plot flies along at a terrific pace. The jokes are fresh (most of them) and funny and you can't help liking this film. The side plots can get a bit cliché but I ignored them.


19 of 29 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
When the *beep* will they stop? fps-mikey
Ice Age vs Madagascar zanzenzon
Hidden messages in the movie? freeport-7
Could they possibly survive a fifth film? Karlamon
It's a movie for kids... trioxinforlunch
Box Office drawmeapiggy
Discuss Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?