I love this movie so much

Pretty Good

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I can't count how many times i watched this amazing heartwarming movie on my ten fingers and ten toes, its just a great movie. Actually it is one of the first movies i remember watching

It's a short, simple story with a strong structure and three somewhat stereotypical yet superbly crafted central characters, set against a unique backdrop of prehistoric permafrost strangely unexplored on film considering its interesting inhabitants and splendid scenery (not to mention the artistic licence inherent with a narrative that takes place so very long ago); the animation (and general graphic) style is rough around the edges but ultimately snappy, lively and aesthetically pleasing, with the picture painting a stylistic yet consistent world full of envelope-pushing environmental effects (ala snow and water) that ground the cartoon- esque physics and give them a proper weight, but it's really the interplay of the main players that marks this piece as a cut above the rest as each of them arise as distinct individuals with believable arcs and interesting dynamics - not to mention the fact that the feature is much more emotionally affecting than you'd expect and is pretty funny too (especially in a couple of stand-out set-pieces, most notably 'the dodo debacle.') 7/10

I first saw this movie when I was five years old. I'm now sixteen and I still love it every bit as much! I love the comedy the best.This story is about animals who are migrating South for the winter in the prehistoric times. Two of the animals, Sid, who is a sloth and Diego, a saber-toothed tiger, befriend a woolly mammoth named Manny. Sid and Diego try to help Manny as he migrates north, while caring for a human baby. For years, Manny has kept his past a secret from everyone, but Diego and Sid help Manny work through his painful feelings along the way. They experience many other challenges on their journey to return the baby to his "herd".Ray Romano did an excellent job at playing Manny and I especially loved Sid, voiced by John Leguizamo. Diego was played by Denis Leary. You will love this heartwarming, comedic, family feature film, which carries a hidden message saying, "No one can make it through life on their own". I'm ready to see it again!

Ice Age (2002): Dir: Chris Wedge / Voices: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jack Black, Chris Wedge: Computer animation about new things and compromise between conflicting groups. The ice age has arrived and animals are heading south but not Manfred the mammoth. He is accompanied by a sloth named Sid and they are forced to trust a saber-tooth tiger named Diago. Ray Romano voices Manfred who faces tradition yet must care for an Eskimo child. This all climaxes upon an unrealistic compromise. John Leguizamo voices the irritating Sid whose job is to provide comic relief and be a complete pain in the frozen asshole to everyone else on this journey. Denis Leary voices Diago who has a predicted change of heart as if nobody could see that coming. And as if anyone needs to point out that it is a saber-tooth cat's nature to be carnivores and not buddy up to humongous mammoths and cuddly sloths. Besides Manfred, the only character of interest is the prehistoric squirrel that is featured periodically in his hazardous quest to obtain an acorn. Director Chris Wedge is backed by decent humour, which works best, but not so much of a script. He also provides the vocals of sorts for the prehistoric squirrel Scrat that is involved in the film's best scenes. The computer generated images are bright and colourful highlighting the era involved but they are unable to thaw out weak writing. Score: 5 / 10