Cute, but not very original.

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2002)

While this might be a cute film and "family-friendly", it is in no way an original piece and suffers from the "Disney syndrome" of blatantly ripping off from other works. The conversation between Manny and Sid upon their meeting is almost identical to the exchange between a certain green orge and grey donkey that I don't think I have to mention. Sid is nothing more than clumsy mammalian version of Wallace from the "Wallace and Gromit" shorts. While these carbon copies got on my nerves a bit, I will have to admit that the "Bambi vs. Godzilla" reference got a chuckle out of me.
Despite these flaws, the movie was fair, the animation was pretty good, and the best part was constant appearance of Scant the squirrel. The story was a bit weak, though. I would have liked to have seen a better plot. Of course, being Hollywood, they just had to put the "Kyuds and famblee make everything BBBEEEETTTTEEEERRRRR!!!" bit in, which annoys me to no end, but at least it was a short scene.