Ice Age: Continental Drift Reviews

The swashbuckling stuff is boisterous, if dated, and proves far more engaging than a tedious sub-plot involving Manny's rebellious teenage daughter.

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The first "Ice Age" is still the best, but as fabricated and Saturday morning as this installment is, it's still an accomplished bit of animated filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Here the franchise that recycles other kids' movies recycles itself.

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The beautiful animation and wonderful character design continue to impress, but the seafaring action is sunk by sub-sitcom-level lessons about family and friendship.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Apparently Fox are making a fifth, and people wonder what's pushing originality out of Hollywood.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

This is simply the case of a series that has fully run its course without anywhere left to go.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

There have been far worse children's films than Ice Age: Continental Drift, even this year, but few that make me so depressed about Hollywood's utter contempt for young moviegoers.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10

[Teaches] the children of the world all the clichés that they will rapidly come to despise over the course of the following decades.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/10

The difference between mild endorsement and a dismissive "ehh" technically isn't part of the movie. It's the 5-minute short subject preceding Continental Drift, a wordless gem titled The Longest Daycare starring Maggie Simpson.

Full Review | Original Score: B

moves quickly, is well directed, and from time to time achieves some real suspense. If it also shows how the franchise is wearing a little thin, it also shows why it has lasted this long.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Let's make this one extinct.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

...everything I liked about the original movie has been worn down.

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... worthless junk, just like the three worthless movies that came before it.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

The "Ice Age" franchise runs out of steam with a narratively inert example of animated fluff.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Contains more than enough high energy hi-jinks to keep distractible kiddies entertained.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Kids will love this film and parents won't be bored for a minute.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Fossilized in a syrupy, always-stick-by-your-family-and-friends formula. Scrat provides the only constant humour. The surrealism and manic slapstick that animation can do so well are dwarfed by adventures with pirates and a clichéd teen-fitting-in story.

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More solid, at least, than the ice on which its characters float, 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' is a fun fourth installment of the popular franchise that has charmed its fans for years.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A hollow simulation of what fun for the whole family looks and sounds like.

Full Review | Original Score: C

A useless money vacuum.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5