"Licensed to chill"

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2012)

Dream works keeps coming, hitting, but then missing. I have a hate/love relationship with their animations, but once in a while they'll hit the mark; hence Ice Age. Now this film takes the setting of the ice age and very cleverly executes it with a hint of wittiness and even a hint of emotion. The movie adventures through all these events that happened back then, and makes it funny. We even get the hilarious scene of the Dodo bird extinction. This is what makes the film for me, because they executed this setting very cleverly.
The voice acting was pretty good, and the jokes were hit well. But instead of my praising of the film, I have to give it a dosage of my complaints. The characters, although funny, seemed very bland. I know that's saying a lot, because I know lots of people love these characters and their antics, but me? I don't know. They were new and original but I think they could've done something more with them. Maybe it was the plot, where they kind of took a shortcut by placing a baby in there to insert some clichéd jokes. Maybe it was the atmosphere they chose. Or maybe it was the mood I was in when I watched it. Whatever it was, I still enjoyed it and found it to be a great and original animation film, especially for the hit and miss Dream works.
Nevertheless, I recommend watching Ice Age. Although I found something about it offbeat, the movie still delivers a great amount of wit and fun. I reckon the kids will enjoy it more though, and it would make out to be a great weekend movie. Ice Age gets a 7/10.