Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 82 | Rotten: 61
Despite its impressive animation and the hilarious antics of the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown comes up short on the storytelling front.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 12
Despite its impressive animation and the hilarious antics of the saber-toothed squirrel Scrat, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown comes up short on the storytelling front.
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Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) may have made it through the big freeze, but when the ice begins to melt, the heroic trio must warn the other inhabitants of their peaceful valley of the coming flood in directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha's sequel to the computer-animated 2002 hit Ice Age. As the ice age winds to an end, the animals of the Earth have taken warmly to the melting paradise that surrounds them. Despite the false comfort of a lush valley teeming
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Ray Romano
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John Leguizamo
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Denis Leary
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Seann William Scott
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Josh Peck
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Queen Latifah
Ellie -
Will Arnett
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The storyline wanes towards the end and, from the kids' point of view, the whole package lacks momentum.
Top CriticWatching 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.
[The film] has lots of energy, some decent animation and good voice-over work -- but no real story and few chuckles.
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.
The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming.
The film feels visually richer than its predecessor, but has the same brand of uncomplicated all-ages charm.
Ice Age: The Meltdown is a considerable improvement over its predecessor...As before, Scrat (again voiced by Chris Wedge, who this time did not direct) steals the show.
As with the first "Ice Age" movie it is Scrat the acorn-obsessed rodent who bookends the movie and steals the most laughs with his hilarious attempts at obtaining an ever-elusive acorn.
I don't know what happened to the Ice Age team between the first movie and the sequel, but whatever it was, it wasn't good.
Plucky animals survive prehistoric global warming.
I've seen cooked spaghetti with more tension.
For as endearing as Scrat's antics are, even they can't sustain the lackluster jokes that pass for humor for the bulk of the ninety-minute running time.
I'm not going to beat around the glacier. If you liked Ice Age, you're going to like this sequel.
A fun romp that calls to mind the very best of the old Warner Brothers cartoons.
Abounds in well-paced gags, both visual and verbal.
The animation is beautiful, with the flowing water and icy cliffs perfectly rendered.
If the animation studio Blue Sky has proven anything so far, it's that they're big league visual artists, but frankly pedestrian when it comes to stories.
The lines may not be Shakespeare, but the physical escapades are pure Rube Goldberg and many of the scenes, especially those involving Scrat, will have you not only on the edge of your seat, but laughing out loud.
Audience Reviews for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
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- Manny: Come on Diego! There's a entire continent moving faster then you.
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- Sid: We're gonna live! ...We're gonna DIE!
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- Ellie: What about me is attractive?
- Manny: Your butt?
- Ellie: What about it?
- Manny: It's huge!
- Ellie: That is very sweet!
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- Manny: I'm not going extinct!
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- Crash: Crash I love you.
- Ellie: I love you.
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Foreign Titles
- Ice Age 2 - Jetzt Taut's (DE)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)
