Laugh Out Loud Funny

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2005)

"Ice Age" is a lot of fun!
It's laugh out loud funny, even though it's not "Shrek" or "Chicken Run" but it's definitely entertaining for adults, including shots like a passing reference to "The X Files" movie and showing why the dodo became extinct.
Sure it sticks with Disney-established cartoon clichés of orphaned kid, wisecracking side-animal and nature that's scary and dangerous.
But the odd trio of stand-up comics with thick New York accents of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo work really well off each other.
I didn't recognize the voice of Goran Visnjic from "E.R." as the villain.
I was disappointed that they didn't bother to do any original songs, just a recap of the old Rusted Roots song "Send Me On My Way," though that does happen to be a fave of mine.
(originally written 3/17/2002)