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 & 11 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)
Drake	...	Ethan (voice)
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:

iceberg | sid character | scrat character | manny character | diego character | 

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Taglines:

Stingy and naughty.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild rude humor and action/peril

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Spain]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 4

Box Office

Budget:

$95,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$46,629,259, 15 July 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$161,321,843

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$879,765,137

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Studios,FortyFour Studios,Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Datasat Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joaquin Phoenix was considered for the role of Captain Gutt.

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Goofs

Many of the pirates' weapons switch places and hands during the land bridge trap sequence. Firstly, Gupta, on Gutt's order, gives his dagger to Louis, who leaves it behind when he digs under the ice. When Gupta and Flynn chase Sid and Granny to the ship's underbelly shortly after, he has Gutt's dagger instead, which Gutt dropped at the ship's front when Louis smashed ice on his foot, and Flynn, who previously possessed a skull sword, has Raz's spear, which vanished from her grasp inexplicably after Manny broke free. Then, as Gupta and Flynn flee the ship's underbelly, then leave their weapons behind. As we cut back to the ship's topside, Raz has her spear back. Gutt is initially weaponless, but has his dagger back at the pirates corner Manny, Diego, Shira, Crash and Eddie. Gutt also has his original dagger back, and Flynn has his skull sword back. Then, in the shot where Precious blasts Gupta, Razz and Flynn, Gupta, Flynn and Gutt are all unarmed, while Raz's spear in knocked overboard with her. When Peaches cuts Ellie free shortly after, she does so with Gupta's dagger, tossing it away from the ship's front after. Finally, when the floe Manny and Gutt are on is raised by the seabed rock, the floe is initially weaponless, but gains Raz's spear, Gupta's dagger, Flynn's skull sword, and another sword knocked from Raz's punch earlier, all of which were in different locations. All four weapons are either lost overboard or broken during Manny and Gutt's fight.

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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 Edición Especial Coleccionista: Metrópolis (Montaje de 1984) (2012)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Sometimes hilarious yet disappointing ...

For years I have been a huge fan of the Ice Age series and had been expecting this new movie for months! Needless to say I was counting the days until the release of the movie and the hilarious teasers were really making the waiting difficult ...

I saw it tonight and have to admit that I feel really disappointed ... Was I expecting too much ? We were a group of young adults who grew up with the movies, or at least liked them a lot and we felt let down. The storyline feels a little weak, I thought there would be a lot of adventure and action, as in the 3 previous ones where you don't see how time flies ... This one, if not boring, is too simple, not to mention incredibly predictable. There is no twists and turns. When you think about the first episode, yes, you realize how poor the scenario is in this new one.

I admit there's been a real effort to create an original story that might bring the characters in another world and make them live another adventure, different from the previous ones. I think this part is a total failure. Not to mention the "song" they put in the movie, it was nothing but ridiculous and irrelevant, especially for a movie series as famous as Ice Age. I thought it was unnecessary.

But since I laughed a few times and feel really bad about writing such a "negative" review, I have to admit that some of the scenes were absolutely hilarious and the characters have been kept as funny as they used to be, especially Sid (and his incredible grandmother). It's just a pity that the funny parts are so negligible ... You smile a lot, you laugh sometimes, but certainly not during the whole movie.

Maybe I am too old to appreciate this movie as I should have, as I'm sure the kids will love it and the movie will have a lot of success this summer. I don't wish it the contrary, I just watched it with my not-so-kid-anymore-but-very-nostalgic-eyes and went out of the theater with the feeling that something from before was clearly missing ...