The Ice Age series' creativity is clearly melting.
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07/10/09
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
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Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 59
Rotten:75
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus: The third Ice Age film has some excellent animation, but its story is tired and monotonous.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jul 1, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $66,732,868
Synopsis: Manny, Sid, Diego, and Ellie are back in this third film in the computer-animated Ice Age series. With those creatures in starring roles, fans also get another dose of the vocal talents of Ray... [More]
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah
Director: Carlos Saldanha
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Reviews for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The most reliable laugh-getter in the past Ice Age films, the acorn-seeking Scrat, is saddled with a dull subplot in which he meets a lady Scratte.
07/10/09
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs alters the pattern established by the previous two films, focusing not on the herd but on action-packed, 3-D adventure.
07/10/09
Same cast of characters in another fun and heartwarming story - love those possums!
07/07/09
I can't figure out how a character as great [as Scrat] keeps ending up in movies like this.
07/06/09
Certainly not terrible, but ultimately forgettable and that means you should skip it.
07/06/09
The whole movie is more of the same and I'm afraid the franchis is running out of steam.
07/06/09
if you want some jokes that aren't prehistoric, you're better off letting this Ice Age defrost.
07/06/09
None of the Ice Age movies have been particularly brilliant... Fortunately, Dawn of the Dinosaurs has one big advantage over its predecessors: it has dinosaurs.
07/06/09
The jokes don't always hit like they should, but there is a pleasant familiarity that mixes well with the sense of adventure to underscore the film's warm-n-fuzzy proclamations about the nature of family and togetherness.
07/05/09
Who knew... a delusional, swashbuckling, one-eyed weasel... (and) a lost world of dinosaurs would not only make another Ice Age more interesting but actually enjoyable?
07/04/09
Frigidly sluggish yet familiarly diverting
07/04/09
...you'll likely be underwhelmed by this kinetic film, which feels like the product of screenwriting software that has yet to become self-aware and develop a sense of shame.
07/04/09
Ice Age 3 is wittier than Kung-Fu Panda, certainly as slick as Toy Story. The Ice Age franchise shows no signs of thawing out. Come on 4!
07/04/09
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs needs injections of cartoon merriment and orneriness to cure the blandness afflicting the plot and characters.
07/03/09
...again stale sitcom stuff with lame pop culture references...
07/03/09
Has enough crisp sight gags, character moments, frantic mayhem and musical interludes...to box the family crowd into a state of punch-drunk love.
07/03/09
UP or CORALINE didn't necessarily need the 3D to make it work, it most certainly helps ICE AGE 3.
07/03/09
Marks Blue Sky Studios' descent into the kind of crude and suggestive humor they once left to DreamWorks.
07/03/09
As with the two earlier films, it’s all a mite disorderly in tempo but often highly amusing and great fun in the main.
07/03/09
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