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Ice Age

  • 2002
  • PG
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Ray Romano in Ice Age (2002)
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Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

  • Directors
    • Chris Wedge
    • Carlos Saldanha
  • Writers
    • Michael J. Wilson
    • Michael Berg
    • Peter Ackerman
  • Stars
    • Denis Leary
    • John Leguizamo
    • Ray Romano
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    543K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,463
    37
    • Directors
      • Chris Wedge
      • Carlos Saldanha
    • Writers
      • Michael J. Wilson
      • Michael Berg
      • Peter Ackerman
    • Stars
      • Denis Leary
      • John Leguizamo
      • Ray Romano
    • 583User reviews
    • 178Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 30 nominations total

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    Denis Leary
    Denis Leary
    • Diego
    • (voice)
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Sid
    • (voice)
    Ray Romano
    Ray Romano
    • Manfred
    • (voice)
    Goran Visnjic
    Goran Visnjic
    • Soto
    • (voice)
    Jack Black
    Jack Black
    • Zeke
    • (voice)
    Cedric The Entertainer
    Cedric The Entertainer
    • Carl
    • (voice)
    • (as Cedric the Entertainer)
    Stephen Root
    Stephen Root
    • Frank
    • (voice)
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    Diedrich Bader
    Diedrich Bader
    • Oscar
    • (voice)
    Alan Tudyk
    Alan Tudyk
    • Lenny
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    Lorri Bagley
    Lorri Bagley
    • Jennifer
    • (voice)
    Jane Krakowski
    Jane Krakowski
    • Rachel
    • (voice)
    Peter Ackerman
    • Dodo
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    P.J. Benjamin
    • Dodo
    • (voice)
    Josh Hamilton
    Josh Hamilton
    • Dodo
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    Chris Wedge
    Chris Wedge
    • Dodo
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    Denny Dillon
    Denny Dillon
    • Glyptodon
    • (voice)
    Mitzi McCall
    Mitzi McCall
    • Glyptodont
    • (voice)
    Tara Strong
    Tara Strong
    • Roshan
    • (voice)
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    • Directors
      • Chris Wedge
      • Carlos Saldanha
    • Writers
      • Michael J. Wilson
      • Michael Berg
      • Peter Ackerman
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    User reviews583

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    TxMike

    A time in history when animals could talk, but humans couldn't yet!

    In what amounts to a throw-back to the early, manually-animated cartoons, "Ice Age" chooses a very simple story around which is wrapped clever and exciting animation. Highly intelligent sabre-tooth tigers want to get revenge for the killing of one of their pack, so plot to steal the baby son of the human tribe leader. A goofy sloth (Lugiezamo) and a kind wooly mammoth (Ray Romano) rescue the child and attempt to find his parents, joined by a sly tiger (Denis Leary) who at first is planning to lead all of them into a corner so his tiger friends can help get the child back and eat the mammoth. But a series of events, and the tiger's being saved by the mammoth, causes all of them to "bond".

    The DVD is flawless. The Dolby surround sound is remarkably good, truly surrounding you with sound. The direct digital to DVD video transfer is as good, colorful, and sharp as the other recent ones like "Toy Story 2", "Shrek", and "Monsters Inc." There is a whole second disk of "extras" which take you through the whole animated film-making process. Also a short animated film "Bunny" which won an oscar in 1998. Plus another "short" which shows the little squirrel, 20,000 years later, in an ice block drifting onto a deserted island, and his pounding of a coconut into the ground triggering the continental drift which resulted in the present day continents! Very inventive and funny.

    Watching "Ice Age", my wife and I noticed that much of the action and pratfalls reminded us of the old "Roadrunner" cartoons. In the DVD extras the director mentions that those old cartoons of Chuck Jones were the insriration of many of the scenes. Yes, a throw-back to the old manually-animated cartoons, and a worthy tribute.
    10ccthemovieman-1

    Wish All Animated Films Were This Good!

    I'd have to say this is one of the best animated films I've ever seen. I liked it the first time but really appreciated it on the second viewing, just a few weeks ago. I can see why sequel is doing such great business at the box office. Apparently, a lot of people liked this movie.

    A gorgeous color palette (man, this looks good) and a lot of good adult (but clean) humor make this a big winner. The opening 3-4-minute scene with "Scat," is excellent as are subsequent interludes with him. "Sid" the sloth (voiced by John Leguizano), however, provides the main humor in the movie. He usually has something funny to say throughout the movie.

    Ray Romano is the voice of the mammoth, the big character of the film, literally, while Denis Leary is the ferocious bad-guy-turned-good sabertooth tiger

    This isn't just humor and pretty colors but a nice, sentimental story of how a little baby softens up a couple of tough characters. This isn't interrupted with a lot of songs, either: one only brief one and there is nothing offensive, language-wise.

    If more animated movies were this good, I'd own more.
    gazzo-2

    You're an embarrassment to nature...

    This was great. I liked it better than I did Shrek, by far. 'Manfred' and the Squirrel really take the cake here-excellant voice work, nice animation of the character faces, Denis Leary was a hoot too....with just the right amount of an edge, as is usual for him.

    Some of the vignettes-the Dodos, (You've got three melons), etc are right up there with anything Pixar has done. I also thought that the little montage of Mannfred's parent's(cave drawings come to life) were done well too.

    As for the messages-'Non-trad families are okay too-', people can work together, etc.-well, all are pretty obvious and all that-but it's not hammered home ala Disney, and you also don't have anyone breaking out into song, either.

    See it for the Mammoth and the squirrel, though the Sloth is fun too. Cute kid baby too, not far removed from 'Boo' in Monsters Inc.

    *** outta ****
    7Quinoa1984

    One of the most enjoyable family films in the past years

    It always seems to be with these computer animated movies, to have a charm all it's own, humor that usually works all around, and (a flaw to be sure) the same plot elements fitted into different settings (notice how friendship, betrayal and a climax involving kids in some way fit into every animated movie in the past 7 years outside of Antz). Ice Age follows that tradition being the first 20th Century Fox computer animated movie from Bunny director Chris Wedge, and it has an undeniable sweetness that can strike young and old alike. This also goes with the laughs too.

    Manfred (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) join together, obvious un-wantingly at first, to return a baby to it's father. That's the plot-line and it works in it's typical way, borrowing from the two good computer flicks from last year as well (Monster's Inc. and Shrek). But what keeps young and old and inbetween alike in their seats is not the story but rather the good natured and silly humor, convinving if not always realistic surroundings and splendid voice work by the three leads. A fine movie.

    One more note: while Leary, Romano and Leguizamo show off their capabilities, I jest to forget who steals a good chunk of the movie- a little squirrel chasing after an all important acorn nut throughout the pan of the movie. Truth be told, he deserves his own TV show. A-
    9TuckMN

    Great fun for everyone that has a sense of humour.

    With a relatively small budget for an animated film of only $60 million the people at Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have done an incredible job.

    They have combined state-of-the-art digital animation, the perfectly cast voice talents of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Dennis Leary (among many others) to create a highly entertaining, family film with a strong message about cooperation, friendship and caring for your fellow herd members. And how sometimes it takes many different creatures to make up a herd.

    While watching this film I got a strong political message about getting along with the people that share your space -- maybe it should be required viewing for all world leaders!

    David Newman -- yet another member of the Newman family of Hollywood composers -- provides a superb score that is not intrusive yet serves to move the action along and, at times, is positively toe tapping.

    The overall look of the film is incredible; an intensely coloured, strangely believable fantasyland of snow, geysers, mud, rocks and ice. The individual characters were delightfully believable too, with the facial expressions of Ray Romano's ‘Manfred' being a particular treat.

    The entire sequence with the DoDos will leave no doubt as to where the expression `Dumb as a DoDo comes from.'

    This is a good family film that keeps the things that could alarm or frighten children pretty much sanitized -- but real nonetheless.

    It would be a great movie to see in the theater and to buy for home.

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    • Trivia
      The drawings of characters during the end credit roll were all done by the children of the animators. The same is true of the picture that Sid draws of himself on a cave wall. Sid's drawing was done by 3 year old Will Shefelman, son of a story artist Dan Shefelman. The story artist working on the scene was having difficulty drawing like a 3 year old so he consulted an expert.
    • Goofs
      Animals, from many different epochs and continents, mingle in 10,000 B.C. North America.
    • Quotes

      [passing a Stonehenge-like structure]

      Manfred: Modern architecture. It'll never last.

    • Crazy credits
      Drawings of the creatures appear over the credits. Most drawings were done by children of Blue Sky Studios employees.
    • Alternate versions
      An alternate scene of Sid in the hottub with the ladies shows him saying to them "Let's jump in the gene pool and see what happens." Sid pinches one of the female sloths' butt and she then kicks him in the groin. This was cut because it was not suitable for children and may have gotten the film a PG-13. Other innuendos with Sid were also cut from the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Showtime/Ice Age/The Time Machine (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Sound Off (Duckworth Chant)
      Written by Willie Lee Duckworth (as Willie Duckworth) and Bernard Lentz

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La era de hielo
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Blue Sky Studios
      • Twentieth Century Fox Animation
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    • Budget
      • $59,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $176,387,405
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $46,312,454
      • Mar 17, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $383,257,136
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital EX
    • Aspect ratio
      • 576i (SDTV)
      • 1.85 : 1

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