Puts Shrek on Ice.

Rating: Null/10 (27 March 2002)

It's unfourtunate that every computer animated family friendly flick will have to be compared to the likes of the overrated Shrek from now on. On that note I will review Ice Age to Shrek. Yes, Shrek has better character models and a more realistic look to it, but the movement of those characters were stiff and rigid. Ice Age has a more simplistic style, a pretty basic look, almost like a cave painting with a little more detail and color (and it works). And the characters in this film bring back the classic nostalgia of the American slap-stick cartoon, which is slowly becoming extinct. I had a grin from ear to ear watching Sid the Sloth and the sabertooth squirrel flop, squash, and bump their way through the movie. The squirrel and Sid provide the physical humor (along with a bunch of Dodos) while the rest of the cast provides witty dialouge, common in most computer animated flicks. So get the kids, and go chill out at Ice Age, and watch some slap-stick and be happy.