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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
 
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens with the stitched-together prehistoric family about to become a biological one: Manny (voiced by Ray Romano) and his mate Ellie (Queen Latifah) are expecting a baby mammoth. Unfortunately, this makes Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) feel left out. Diego, who worries he’s losing his edge, decides to head out on his own, while Sid adopts three suspiciously large eggs that he’s found through a crack in the ice. Up to this point, the movie is perilously sappy--does anyone, particularly a kid, want to watch a kid’s movie about parenthood and impending middle age? Fortunately, the eggs turn out to be dinosaur eggs from a pre-mammalian underworld, and when the mama T-Rex comes to rescue her rambunctious little ones, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs transforms into a delightful comic adventure. The emotional side of the Ice Age movies has always been a tad mawkish, so it’s smart that Dawn of the Dinosaurs emphasizes physical comedy. Clearly, the animators have been inspired by a wild fusion of Road Runner cartoons and Buster Keaton. The character of Scratte, with his non-verbal, monomaniacal efforts to get that last acorn (doubled in this movie with the addition of a female counterpart), is only the most obvious reflection of this sensibility. The animators have great fun with the differences in scale between the mammals and the dinosaurs, and the introduction of a deranged Australian weasel named Buck (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) pushes everything into Loony-Tune territory. Let Pixar tug at our heartstrings; Ice Age aims to tickle the funny bone and does a fine job of it. --Bret Fetzer

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Great movie!
 
Review Date: August 9, 2009
Reviewer: Bryan N. Shawyer, Inwood,WV
Took my nephew to see it and he loved it. I thought it was hilarious as well. Why can't some of you people just enjoy the movie for its entertainment? Is there a need to pick everything apart? Wahhh waahhh just another sequel to make more money. Ok? Who cares. I thought the dinosaurs were extinct in the first one. Again who cares!! Enjoy the freakin movie!
Scrat steals the show again
 
Review Date: July 3, 2009
Reviewer: S. Peyton, AZ USA
This movie is still cute and fun even with the third installment. My husband and I saw it in 3D at the theater just for fun and also to screen it before taking our grandkids. We think it is the kind of movie you can enjoy with your children at the theater. We will buy the DVD because we know our grandkids will want to watch it over and over again like the previous two movies. The 3D is interesting but not necessarily worth the extra cost. Just have fun and enjoy it like a child does. Yes, Scrat and his acorn stole the show again.
Hilarious animated film
 
Review Date: August 19, 2009
Reviewer: J.Spock,
I have to disagree with reviewers who try to "see" too many things in a movie made mainly for (young) kids. This movie made my child and me laugh many,many times. In fact I think it is even funnier than Ice Age 1+2. It is just "clean" family fun. In this age of over-hyped animation from Walt Disney and Pixar, how refreshing to watch something without too many pretensions and not too much relation to today's world. Let the kids be kids,please.
My Favorite Ice Age Ever!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Review Date: August 2, 2009
Reviewer: Ryan,
This movie was really great,i just went to see it last night.diego was awesome in it.i really liked Buck,he was really silly.some of the scenes actually made me shead some tears.but other than all that,if i were to give it my own rating i would say 10/10.this is the best Ice Age movie i have ever seen out of all 3 of them.Ice Age 3:Dawn Of The Dinosaurs FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!
Humor, casting make Ice Ages series worth the 10,000 year wait
 
Review Date: September 2, 2009
Reviewer: Vested Reader, Colorado, USA
REVIEW FROM KIDS' FLIX (DAD'S PICKS) BY TOM LAMARR, [...]

What does comedian Denis Leary have in common with a visit from Uncle Rick? At least when bringing saber-toothed Diego to life in any of his three Ice Age movies, Leary manages to be likable, funny, and caustic, without once swearing in front of the kids. Not a single "WTF?" or any of the other phrases familiar to fans of Leary--and Uncle Rick. It's an impressive feat by any measure, one seriously deserving of its own WTF.

The rest of the recurring cast--headed by Ray Romanof, John Leguizamo, and starting with the sophomore Meltdown, Queen Latifah--also turn out to be welcome houseguests for both parents and children. Yet with so many comedians on the bill, it is Scratte, the beleaguered prehistoric squirrel-rat, who gets the biggest laughs from grownups and kids alike, and this entirely through physical humor. Even as animated characters go, Scratte is very animated.

Meeting the definition of true family entertainment, Ice Age has something for everyone. With the third installment due soon on DVD, it might be worth seeing winter's first snowy weekend as an excuse to hold an Ice Age film fest. But don't forget to invite Uncle Rick. He's a big Leary fan, and he'll want to be there when your twelve year old proclaims, "Now, that was [expletive deleted] great."


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