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Name: Ice Age
Director: Chris Wedge
Genre: adventure, animation, comedy, family
Released: 2002
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 7.5

Ice Age has an iRankMovies score of 72.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Ice Age (2002)

Sub-zero heroes.

Release:2002

Runtime:1h 22m

Country:United States

Director:Chris Wedge

Language:English

Genre

AdventureAnimationComedy

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Keywords

Dying And DeathHuman EvolutionParent Child RelationshipSquirrelLoss Of Loved OneMammothSlothvillain

iRank72

Ice Age rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 560K votes

Rotten Tomatoes76%

Metacritic61%

TMDb7.375/10· 14K votes

With 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Ice Age

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

Cast of Ice Age

Ray Romano
as Manfred 'Manny' (voice)
John Leguizamo
as Sid (voice)
Denis Leary
as Diego (voice)
Goran Višnjić
as Soto (voice)
Jack Black
as Zeke (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer
as Rhino (voice)
Stephen Root
as Rhino / Start (voice)
Diedrich Bader
as Saber-Toothed Tiger (voice)
Alan Tudyk
as Saber-Toothed Tiger / Freaky Mammal (voice)
Lorri Bagley
as Female Sloth (voice)
Jane Krakowski
as Female Sloth (voice)
Peter Ackerman
as Dodo / Freaky Mammal (voice)

Ice Age facts

Budget: $59M
Box office: $383.3M
Collection: Ice Age Collection

Our take on Ice Age

Chris Wedge's 2002 animated adventure follows an unlikely trio as a prehistoric world tips toward the freeze: Manny the gruff mammoth, Sid the motor-mouthed sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger, thrown together to return a human baby to its father. The setup is simple, but the film mines it for warm slapstick and steadily earned feeling, letting three mismatched personalities soften into something like family. It moves briskly, keeps the gags family-friendly, and balances chase-comedy energy with quieter beats about loss and belonging. Ideal for younger viewers and parents alike, or anyone wanting an accessible, good-natured comedy that never mistakes broad humor for empty noise.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Character-driven humor emerges from personality clashes rather than external situations
•Animation captures prehistoric landscapes with remarkable visual detail and creativity
•Emotional core about found family transcends typical animated adventure formula

What the audience disliked

•Plot threads feel disconnected and sometimes undercut established character relationships
•Pacing issues in middle section slow momentum before climactic set piece

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