Ice Age: The Meltdown Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Ice Age: The Meltdown blithely looks on the bright side of life, amassing a screen full of vultures to sing and dance ''Food Glorious Food'' and daring us not to get happy.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Should warm viewers' hearts globally.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Luke SaderAdd Critic to Favorites

Raucously fun, fluid follow-up with ecological message.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie is nice to look at, the colors and details are elegant, the animals engaging, the action fast-moving, but I don't think older viewers will like it as much as the kids.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a lackluster film that exists exclusively because its predecessor made money.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

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 well.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Ice Age: The Meltdown is pure sequel product that should make children and undemanding grown-ups happy even as it lacks anything resembling storytelling inspiration.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

Less a story than a series of complicated slapstick bits.Read the full review

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

The animation is first-rate...But the story needs to catch up to the magic. Otherwise, what's the point?Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

It's more like watching a typical animated-shorts collection - a few highlights, a lot of clinkers - than like watching an actual movie.Read the full review

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