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Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Review Date: November 20, 2006
- PG
- Genre: Family and Kids
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Funny, but contains some crude humor and mild profanity.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that because of global warming, the heroes are in peril from rising waters and they are stalked by somewhat scary-looking underwater creatures. There is comic slapstick violence (the acorn-chasing muskrat is squashed, splatted, attacked by a vulture, etc.), a sad memory of a mother's death, and a flood, and the tiger's fear of water is rendered in a couple of "nightmare" images (his point of view underwater, with big music). The film includes some very mild language ("crap," "ass," "pervert").
What's the story?
This time out, the multi-culti family -- fretful woolly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), aggressive sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and friendly, lispy sloth Sid (John Leguizamo) -- are on the move due to global warming. Warned by a sideshow barker turtle, Fast Tony (Jay Leno), who predicts floods and devastation, they seek a legendary big-bark-boat large enough to handle hundreds of post-prehistoric creatures. Each animal has his own special role on the journey: Diego's afraid of water, Sid's trying to keep everyone's spirits up, and Manny worries he's the last of his kind. As they begin to philosophize about extinction, they meet Ellie (Queen Latifah), a pert green-eyed mammoth who thinks she's a possum. Between Ellie's delusion and various predators, Sid has his work cut out for him.
Is it any good?
Like the original film, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN features appealing characters in recognizable, particularly familial situations. When the film runs low on plot, it cuts away to Scrat, the acorn-doting muskrat who keeps cracking ice walls and starting leaks in order to get at his prize, big eyes bulging and Wile E. Coyote-style limbs stretching. This bit was charming once and in a small dose, but might seem tedious after twice and three and four times.
For all mixing of fun and menace, the film is really about sincere, sometimes affecting, and decidedly alternative family connections.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the alternative family (here called a "herd") developed by our plucky heroes. How do their different talents and interests help them to survive? How do they learn to support one another rather than argue or compete? How does Sid, who shows a persistent faith in everyone's worth, become the "glue" that holds them all together? How does the introduction of new members (Ellie and her possum brothers) temporarily disrupt the dynamic, as characters are jealous or afraid of being abandoned?
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The language and social interaction is unacceptable as a G rated movie, the sewer of Hollywood needs to wake up, stop feeding our children trash. Feed your garbage to your own children.
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Waste of an animator's time
I fully understand the fact that they are just animals, but that does not mean that they have to add inuendo to them. I think that it would be wonderfull if there wern't any sex whatsoever in any movies, but since that won't happen because the world is warped, I won't worry about it. I so think that this movie is suited for a mature child(or teen) who fully understands that all the inuendo and vulgar speech isn't really neccessary to make an excellent movie. Over all, I thought the graphics were wonderfull myself.
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Watch for the profanity!!!
I was totally blown away by the language. At one point, one of the characters actually says - and emphasizes - the word "d***." Now, the context in the movie is referring to an actual dam that is about to burst, but the tone and usage of the word did not fit the context. Basically, a piece of ice broke off of the dam and the character (a beaver) turns around and emphatically reacts, "D***!" Unacceptable in our home!! Waste of money.
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Kid, 11 years old
June 6, 2011
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Good FUn, but Bad Language
A child quotes that "Burros are actually called the Wild Ass." and Manny quotes "and so the Wild Ass boy returned to his wild ass mother!". There are also 2 Water Reptiles called Maelstrom and Cretaceous that want to kill the Sub Zero Heroes. Manny also meets a female named Ellie, along which 2 mischeivious Opossums named Crash and Eddie. Manny and Ellie have some flirting, where we learn Ellie is an "Orphan". Soon, Manny marries Ellie, but not before a dam breaks and floods the area! SCrat tries to bury his nut inside the dam, and the dam cracks and nearly rips our little squirrel in half. But he falls into the water, the water retreating. Then Manny and Ellie get married. THE END
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not worth your time
Sucks... worst Ice Age movie. The first and third movies are awesome, but this movie sucks. Horrible.
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Surprised by the some dialog in the movie. For example, "Your breath smells like ass."
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Aimed for kids, huh?
Sex, any kind of swearing, covered-up crude words (butt, shut up) are never acceptable. I loved the first Ice Age. Call it the clean CGI movie. The second, however....it seems Blue Sky began to think like the other movie compatnies and try and stick in as much innappropriate material as they could. Blatant innuendo and a couple "donkey jokes." (Which aren't even funny.) What makes them think this improves sells? All I know is I'm not buying any more of Ice Age 2's products now. They just lost a customer.
Parents should realize that these movies can be just as dangerous as "adult" movies, since they're teaching kids at a young age that certain things are acceptable.
To cap it all, the story itself was not a tenth as good as the first. No cute baby.
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Kid, 12 years old
March 22, 2011
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Language Sucks!!!
This movie is the only ice age movie that is dull, probobly the only ice age movie that is lame and stupid. They use some swears such as "C--p, p--p, a--, s--k air, and b--f". Not even a story, just lame movie!
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quite interesting
i liked it a lot... i like all the ice age movies...
a scene where manny hints to ellie something... uh... quite inappropriate... IF they were human characters... but most kids will not catch this, and i skipped the scene when i showed it to my brother, with little interruption to the storyline.
great movie, quite funny in parts. my favorite line: "Hey! I can smell the ocean!"
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haa i love this so much. i love all the song sid made about the mammoths going extinct then manny yelling at him to shut up. i though it was funny.too great
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| Topics: | adventures, friendship, misfits and underdogs, wild animals |
| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Director: | Carlos Saldanha |
| Cast: | Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano |
| Genre: | Family and Kids |
| Run time: | 90 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | March 31, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | November 21, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | for some mild language and innuendo |
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