When I saw this I hadn't seen "Ice Age" in about 7 or 8 years. Now when I re-watch a movie from my childhood, I like it the same, better, or less. I liked "Ice Age" sort of the same but a little less. The movie is about Manny, Sid, and Diego who help a baby find his home. Manny hates him though, Siid loves him, and Diego wants to EAT him. There are many positives, there's a good story, it's original, the animation is decent, and I even laughed a few times, something I rarely do when watching animated movies. However, I felt a couple scenes were slow and most importantly, it mentions evolution and mentions that it is correct. The movie is set "20 million years ago" and characters speak of "evolving" traits, like flying. One character, Scrat, tries to catch an acorn. At the end, he is frozen in ice 20,000 years later. Really? How is he still alive. And don't say "it's a cartoon" because name one cartoon character that is 20,000 years old. Scrat can be that old and Adam couldn't live to be 530? All in all, "Ice Age" is a good movie, but if you are a creationist like me, beware of the evolution talk.

I first saw this movie when I was five years old. I'm now sixteen and I still love it every bit as much! I love the comedy the best.This story is about animals who are migrating South for the winter in the prehistoric times. Two of the animals, Sid, who is a sloth and Diego, a saber-toothed tiger, befriend a woolly mammoth named Manny. Sid and Diego try to help Manny as he migrates north, while caring for a human baby. For years, Manny has kept his past a secret from everyone, but Diego and Sid help Manny work through his painful feelings along the way. They experience many other challenges on their journey to return the baby to his "herd".Ray Romano did an excellent job at playing Manny and I especially loved Sid, voiced by John Leguizamo. Diego was played by Denis Leary. You will love this heartwarming, comedic, family feature film, which carries a hidden message saying, "No one can make it through life on their own". I'm ready to see it again!

This is one of the funniest animated films I have ever seen. And the funniest single character is Scrat. You can't help but feel for him and how he always 'almost' gets his acorn only to have the worst luck. However the main story is very touching in its own way. Sid the sloth is left behind by his family on the way to escaping the coming ice age. He meets up with Manny, a crusty wooly mammoth voiced by Ray Romano, who does a fantastic job. They come upon a mother and her infant and while the mother dies in the icy water they rescue the baby and set off to return him to his own "herd." Along the way they pick up Diego, a sabre tooth tiger who is leading them into an ambush by his pack. As time goes on, though, Diego warms up to them all and they end up saving each others life several times over. In the end they all fall in love with the kid, return him to his tribe, and leave as friends. To be an animated film, this has a very moving and emotional storyline and an excellent climax. Its just a shame that I didn't watch this until now, over 13 years after it was released. My Grade: B+.

Ice Age (2002): Dir: Chris Wedge / Voices: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jack Black, Chris Wedge: Computer animation about new things and compromise between conflicting groups. The ice age has arrived and animals are heading south but not Manfred the mammoth. He is accompanied by a sloth named Sid and they are forced to trust a saber-tooth tiger named Diago. Ray Romano voices Manfred who faces tradition yet must care for an Eskimo child. This all climaxes upon an unrealistic compromise. John Leguizamo voices the irritating Sid whose job is to provide comic relief and be a complete pain in the frozen asshole to everyone else on this journey. Denis Leary voices Diago who has a predicted change of heart as if nobody could see that coming. And as if anyone needs to point out that it is a saber-tooth cat's nature to be carnivores and not buddy up to humongous mammoths and cuddly sloths. Besides Manfred, the only character of interest is the prehistoric squirrel that is featured periodically in his hazardous quest to obtain an acorn. Director Chris Wedge is backed by decent humour, which works best, but not so much of a script. He also provides the vocals of sorts for the prehistoric squirrel Scrat that is involved in the film's best scenes. The computer generated images are bright and colourful highlighting the era involved but they are unable to thaw out weak writing. Score: 5 / 10