Ice Age (2002)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Directors:

Chris Wedge
Carlos Saldanha (co-director)

Writers:

Michael J. Wilson (story)
Michael Berg (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

The Coolest Event In 16,000 Years.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Ice Age | Baby | Ice | Sloth | Mammoth

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Manfred (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Goran Visnjic	...	Soto (voice)
Jack Black	...	Zeke (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Carl (voice)
Stephen Root	...	Rhino / Start (voice)
Diedrich Bader	...	Saber-Toothed Tiger (voice)
Alan Tudyk	...	Oscar / Dab the Dodo (voice)
Lorri Bagley	...	Female Sloth (voice)
Jane Krakowski	...	Female Sloth (voice)
Peter Ackerman	...	Dodo / Macrauchenia (voice)
P.J. Benjamin	...	Dodo (voice)
Josh Hamilton	...	Dodo / Aardvark (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Dodo / Scrat (voice)

Also Known As:

The Ice Age (Canada: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild peril.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:6 (canton of the Grisons) | Denmark:A | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Australia:G | USA:PG | Portugal:M/6 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | India:U | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | Indonesia:SU

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pinkie is crying and they're trying to figure out whym before the melon scene, Sid picks him up after the notion of BM is mentioned. When he says 'Why am I the poop checker?' he spreads his arms, and is no longer holding the baby. The camera wasn't on Manny long enough for Sid to put Pinkie down.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Freaky Mammal: Well, why don't they call it The Big Chill? Or The Nippy Era? I'm just sayin', how do we know it's an Ice Age?
Freaky Mammal: Because... of all the ice.
Freaky Mammal: Well, things just got a little chillier.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Comedians

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.