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Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) may have made it through the big freeze, but when the ice begins to melt, the heroic trio must warn the other inhabitants of their pea... read more read more...ceful valley of the coming flood in directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha's sequel to the computer-animated 2002 hit Ice Age. As the ice age winds to an end, the animals of the Earth have taken warmly to the melting paradise that surrounds them. Despite the false comfort of a lush valley teeming with vegetation, however, great danger looms just over the horizon. When Manny, Sid, and Diego realize that the miles of liquefying ice overlooking their valley will soon turn from a gentle trickle to a violent force of nature capable of destroying anything and everything unfortunate enough to be in its path, they quickly set out to spread the word and get their endangered friends out of harm's way. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Estella Elliot, Carlos Saldanha

Release Date: March 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006

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  • DreamExtractor
    November 25, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    A movie that almost that could've lived up to the first if only they could have kept the things that made the first so special.
  • aquateen2
    November 4, 2011
    aquateen2
    Ice Age 2 is another runt computer animated film. The only bits I found funny were the scens featuring scratt and the story just isn't as good as the first Ice Age.
  • spielberg00
    September 17, 2011
    spielberg00
    We can admit that ICE AGE has quickly become a long journey through the frigidity and that Scrat, the trademark of all animation who never becomes an old joke, is the only furry creature who saves this first sequel. Queen Latifah is the worst--I hate to say it, because in almost... read more any other movie she is the bomb--and, even though Sid only mentions to Ray Romano's character Manny once that "she completes you", that really seems to be the gist of it: the journey continues, the three (Manny, Sid, and Diego, in case you didn't know) meet another mammoth named Ellie, Sid teases that Manny loves her, and in the end, Manny predictably saves her and falls in love with her. Predictable, right? But if you have a good amount of popcorn handy, and you're watching as a whole family, there's a few laughs and some overall enjoyment to get out of this.
  • skeletonking101
    December 13, 2010
    skeletonking101
    i agree with everything in the review by the critics for this movie, Impressive animation carries this sequel, as the story is not up to par. Kids will surely enjoy it, but most everyone else will wish to see more of the mute ice squirrel and less of the main characters." i do di... read moresagree with the see less of the main characters
  • TheMachinist
    August 12, 2010
    TheMachinist
    "Maybe we could rapidly evolve into water creatures.
    - That's genius, Sid.

    Call me Squid."

    'Ice Age' was a hit and the best animation in its release year. It lost the Oscar to 'Spirited Away', an Asian animation but it was so obvious that a sequel would be coming at some point.... read more It took 4 years and 'Ice Age: The Meltdown' was released. It was an even more bigger success than its predecessor but was it better than the original, which I gave a 5 star rating?

    As the first one, this sequel also begins with a scene starring Scrat, the sabretooth squirrel. And it comes as no surprise when I'm telling you that he (yep, it's a boy which is shown in the third film) still has an obsession with the damn acorns. The following scene shows the mammals enjoying waterslides and the heat. They've clearly skipped the fact that the ice is melting. When this is proven, the whole bunch start their journey to safer grounds.

    On the way, the three protagonists of the first film, Manny, Sid and Diego, meet two opossums that suffer from really bad ADHD. They introduce the bunch to their sister, Ellie, who is in fact a mammoth but believes to be an opossum. Manny, who was sure that he would be the last of his species, is happy about the truth that he is not alone. Will Manny convince Ellie that she is not what she believes before it is too late? And by late, I mean before the two hungry water beasts rip 'em apart! The horror...

    If 'Ice Age' looked great, this sequel looks even better. The film is richer in detail and the enhancement of character design has made 'em even more alive.

    There's some new characters with Ellie the mammoth, played by Queen Latifah and two opossums, played by Seann William Scott and Josh Peck. Queen Latifah contributes with an excellent role as the lovable mammoth who amusingly believes to be an opossum. The two opossums have probably been created to give equally as many laughs as Sid the sloth but it's just not possible. For example the scene were the miniature sloths capture Sid and hold him as their God is one of the funniest scenes in the film. Scrat succeeds to deliver, again, several funny scenes and in the end scene, these two hilarious characters are united. Almost has the same magic as De Niro and Pacino in 'Heat'...

    But is it as good as the first one? Here it goes: The story is less sympathetic than its predecessor and it feels as if the makers have wanted to make more of a faster, funnier etc film. But more isn't necessarily better. 'Ice Age: The Meltdown' lacks the charm, wit and heart of its predecessor but is in no way a bad sequel. The film itself is a fun ride but like so many other sequels, it just doesn't recapture the same feeling as with 'Ice Age'.
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    B-
  • RossCollinsUK
    April 17, 2010
    RossCollinsUK
    I like the Ice Age series for its entertaining characters, which must be great at educating kids about natural history, but this story suffers from the curse of sequel writers' fatigue. The only memorable line was when Sid mocks Manny about the extinction of the mammoths with som... read moree alternative lyrics to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth".
  • 3niR
    January 28, 2010
    3niR
    Funny and enjoyable.
  • fb733768972
    January 14, 2010
    fb733768972
    Better than the original, therefore I will remember this one longer than the first!
  • SirPant
    October 1, 2009
    SirPant
    An irritatingly inferior sequel. Shame.

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Jim Ridley
April 4, 2006
Jim Ridley, Village Voice

Watching this zoo of long-vanished quadrupeds, you're left with an eerie message for our own warming times: They fought the thaw, and the thaw won. Full Review

Richard Roeper
April 3, 2006
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

[The film] has lots of energy, some decent animation and good voice-over work -- but no real story and few chuckles. Full Review

Todd McCarthy
March 31, 2006
Todd McCarthy, Variety

A tad crasser and pushier than its predecessor, Ice Age: The Meltdown is still an entirely serviceable follow-up to the 2002 hit that will thoroughly amuse kids and get a rise or two out of parents as... Full Review

Geoff Pevere
March 31, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
March 31, 2006
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

The Meltdown is less a story than a series of complicated slapstick bits -- the physical gags are often enjoyable, but there's not much else to the movie. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
March 31, 2006
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

On the short list of sequels superior to the originals -- alphabetically between The Godfather, Part II and Toy Story 2 -- you may enter Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Roger Moore
March 31, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

You'll take your kids, yes. But don't be surprised if this one leaves them cold as you-know-what. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
March 31, 2006
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Ice Age: The Meltdown, a follow-up to the 2002 animated prehistoric hit, is the rare sequel that is better than the original.

Jami Bernard
March 31, 2006
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News

A good-natured, gag-filled sequel to the hit animated movie about animals trying to evade extinction while trading one-liners. Full Review

Amy Biancolli
March 31, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Ice Age: The Meltdown crosses familiar territory but does so with exceeding sweetness and no shortage of visual imagination, bolstering what is, in essence, a fairly simplistic road movie with an eco-... Full Review

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    • Sid: We're gonna live! ...We're gonna DIE!
    • Ellie: What about me is attractive?
    • Manny: Your butt?
    • Ellie: What about it?
    • Manny: It's huge!
    • Ellie: That is very sweet!
    • Manny: I'm not going extinct!
    • Crash: Crash I love you.
    • Ellie: I love you.
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  • Which movie involving prehistoric animals featured this statement - "I just did something involutary and messy"?  Answer »
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  • Manny: "Still think she is the girl for me?" Sid: Sure. She's tons of fun, and you're no fun at all. She completes you.   Answer »
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