Ice Age: The Meltdown
March 2006
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Derek Adams
The storyline wanes towards the end and, from the kids' point of view, the whole package lacks momentum.
Jim Ridley
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.
Richard Roeper
[The film] has lots of energy, some decent animation and good voice-over work -- but no real story and few chuckles.
Todd McCarthy
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.
Geoff Pevere
The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming.
Moira MacDonald
The film feels visually richer than its predecessor, but has the same brand of uncomplicated all-ages charm.
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Derek Adams
The storyline wanes towards the end and, from the kids' point of view, the whole package lacks momentum.
Jim Ridley
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.
Richard Roeper
[The film] has lots of energy, some decent animation and good voice-over work -- but no real story and few chuckles.
Todd McCarthy
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.
Geoff Pevere
The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming.
Moira MacDonald
The film feels visually richer than its predecessor, but has the same brand of uncomplicated all-ages charm.
Peter Hartlaub
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.
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Run time
90 minutes
Rating
PG
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