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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

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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] for some mild rude humor and peril

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... 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 Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah, who are joined by SHAUN OF THE DEAD’s Simon Pegg. In ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAUR, Manny and Ellie are expecting their first baby, while Sid the sloth tries an unconventional way of starting a family that gets him into trouble. With all this talk of babies, Diego might be losing his saber-toothed edge, but a journey to save Sid may just turn the whole group into heroes. In addition to all that adventure, it wouldn’t be an Ice Age film if Scrat weren’t on a desperate hunt for an acorn, but he might get distracted by a shapely female squirrel. [More]

Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah

Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Screenwriter: Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman, Mike Reiss, Yoni Brenner
Story: Jason Carter Eaton
Producer: Lori Forte, John C. Donkin
Composer: John Powell
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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The Ice Age series' creativity is clearly melting.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
07/10/09
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
07/10/09
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

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.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
07/10/09
Renie Scolaro Mora
PopMatters

Same cast of characters in another fun and heartwarming story - love those possums!

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
07/07/09
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

I can't figure out how a character as great [as Scrat] keeps ending up in movies like this.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
07/06/09
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Certainly not terrible, but ultimately forgettable and that means you should skip it.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
07/06/09
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

The whole movie is more of the same and I'm afraid the franchis is running out of steam.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 1 Comment
07/06/09
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

if you want some jokes that aren't prehistoric, you're better off letting this Ice Age defrost.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
07/06/09
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

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.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
07/06/09
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

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.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
07/05/09
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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?

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
07/04/09
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Frigidly sluggish yet familiarly diverting

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07/04/09
Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate

...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.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment 1 Comment
07/04/09
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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!

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
07/04/09
Victor Olliver
Teletext

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs needs injections of cartoon merriment and orneriness to cure the blandness afflicting the plot and characters.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment 2 Comments
07/03/09
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

...again stale sitcom stuff with lame pop culture references...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment 1 Comment
07/03/09
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Has enough crisp sight gags, character moments, frantic mayhem and musical interludes...to box the family crowd into a state of punch-drunk love.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
07/03/09
Peter Canavese
Palo Alto Weekly

UP or CORALINE didn't necessarily need the 3D to make it work, it most certainly helps ICE AGE 3.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/03/09
JimmyO
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Marks Blue Sky Studios' descent into the kind of crude and suggestive humor they once left to DreamWorks.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment 1 Comment
07/03/09
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

As with the two earlier films, it’s all a mite disorderly in tempo but often highly amusing and great fun in the main.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
07/03/09
Derek Adams
Time Out
 
 
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