Prehistorical Mammal Labor

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2002)

The formula for the current spate of Computer Generated cartoons seems to be: 1. Place a child in danger 2. Have a goofy bunch of animal/monster adults babysit it 3. Introduce one or more villains out to cause the child serious harm (or possible death) and 4. Attempt to reduce the Audience Family to a few tears during strategic moments. As formulaic as this one may seem, see it anyway! Pay close visual attention to all those cyber-generated hairs on the woolly mammoth--"Manfred," voiced by Ray Romano--and the myriad colors used to animate them to vivid life.