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.
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Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:16
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Impressive animation carries this sequel, as the story is not up to par. Kids will surely enjoy it, but most everyone else will wish to see more of the mute ice squirrel and less of the main characters.
Theatrical Release:Mar 31, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $195,251,850
Synopsis: In ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, the sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbuster CGI film "Ice Age" are back – Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless... [More]
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Reviews for Ice Age: The Meltdown
Top Critic[The film] has lots of energy, some decent animation and good voice-over work -- but no real story and few chuckles.
04/03/06
Top CriticA 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.
03/31/06
Top CriticThe Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming.
03/31/06
Top CriticThe 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.
03/31/06
Top CriticOn the short list of sequels superior to the originals -- alphabetically between The Godfather, Part II and Toy Story 2 -- you may enter Ice Age: The Meltdown.
03/31/06
Top CriticIce Age: The Meltdown, a follow-up to the 2002 animated prehistoric hit, is the rare sequel that is better than the original.
03/31/06
Top CriticA good-natured, gag-filled sequel to the hit animated movie about animals trying to evade extinction while trading one-liners.
03/31/06
Top CriticIce Age: The Meltdown crosses familiar territory but does so with exceeding sweetness and no shortage of visual imagination, bolstering what is, in essence, a fairly simplistic road movie with an eco-conscious twist.
03/31/06
Top CriticA raucously fun, fluid follow-up with an ecological message.
03/31/06
Top CriticThe sequel to Ice Age is very much like the original: witty and imaginative at times, dull and predictable at others.
03/31/06
Top CriticThere's something disheartening about the way the writers and director have to give so much of the dialogue double meaning, all literal for the kiddies and full of double-entendres and pop culture references for the parents.
03/31/06
Top CriticThe movie is right on par with the 2002 original: brisk, pleasant and loaded with slapstick that should keep young children giggling.
03/31/06
Top CriticIf the rest of Meltdown is a three-star movie, Scrat brings four stars every time. Perhaps by the next sequel, they'll dispense with the filler and give Scrat his own movie.
03/31/06
Top CriticEven when Meltdown melts down, it's still fun to look at.
03/31/06
Top CriticIce Age: The Meltdown is pure sequel product that should make children and undemanding grown-ups happy even as it lacks anything resembling storytelling inspiration.
03/31/06
Top CriticDespite the plot cracks, Ice Age: The Meltdown is a solid treat for parents and kids alike.
03/30/06
Top CriticWith its appealing combination of humor and endearing characters -- many of whom are back from the first film -- it is at least as good as the original Ice Age, and possibly better.
03/30/06
Top CriticThe animation is first-rate, but the story needs to catch up to the magic. Otherwise, what's the point?
03/30/06
Top CriticThe first Ice Age movie more or less exhausted these characters and their world, and the meltdown doesn't add much.
03/30/06
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