Ice Age Critic Reviews

The blandly likable computer-animation extravaganza Ice Age actually seems like a fossil, a relic from another era.Read the full review

Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.Read the full review

This digitally animated movie, filled with a cast of charming, funny critters from long ago, is family entertainment at its most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.Read the full review

They center on the devilishly clever, exceedingly enjoyable interludes featuring the aforementioned rodent in situations and circumstances that recall the great animated work of the recently departed Chuck Jones.Read the full review

The coolest animation in town.Read the full review

An entertaining story that, while not terribly original, is sufficiently arresting and often laugh-out-loud funny.Read the full review

If Ice Age lacks the fit and finish of top-of-the-line films from Pixar, DreamWorks or Disney, it's still an impressive piece of work for a new feature animation group, and a harbinger of cool cartoons to come.Read the full review

Kids won't mind a bit, but adults accustomed to "Shrek" and Pixar will have no trouble spotting what's missing.Read the full review

The problem rather is the wholesale embracing of what has become de rigueur in animation, the practice of treating major characters as if they were stand-up comics working a room in Las Vegas.Read the full review