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Ice Age voice cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary director: Chris Wedge 78 minutes (PG) 2001 20th Century Fox VHS retail RATING: 6/10 reviewed by Antony Mann |
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Surprise of surprises, Ice Age is set in the Ice Age. The dinosaurs have scarpered, man is coming, and the animated animal types that abounded during that period of evolution, notably a woolly mammoth, a sloth and a sabre tooth tiger, are heading south to escape the encroaching ice. Along the way, they pick up a stray human baby, and charge themselves with the task of returning it to its tribe, all the while a mere step ahead of the baddie sabre-tooths who are hunting them down. It's mildly diverting stuff, but never reaches any great heights. The soppy ending had me reaching for the vomit bag.
This was actually three-year-old Zachary's first cinema experience. Blimey, I don't recall seeing a movie at the theatre until I was at least six, and I never even got a bike until I was 10. But times have changed. For the record, he was scared during the fight scenes, and his little friend Eleanor got so freaked out that she had to go home. His older cousin Jake was fine, though. Adults attending with their offspring might like to take a book and a torch.