Kind of predictable, but pretty good

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2002)

FIRST THE BAD NEWS:
Unfortunately, I could not let go of the unreality of a tiger, a mammoth, and a sloth talking to each other and taking care of a human baby. I kept being bothered by the fact that sloths are known to be very slow, but this one moved very quickly. I couldn't accept that two different species of rhinoceros would be hanging out together. I just couldn't let myself get into it as a cartoon. Maybe that was because the animation was so good. If the animation had looked more fake, maybe I could have gotten into the improbable plot better
I was offended that the Dodo's were shown as going extinct because of stupidity, rather than because of human predation, which was the reality of the thing -- though I must say that their idiotic group think was an excellent social commentary. I was also offended that the Native Americans were shown as having extremely low foreheads, sort of like the tiger, implying that they did not have any brains.
NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS:
It wasn't too scary or violent and had a nice heartwarming story, so it would be o.k. for most kids, though I still don't think that it's a good idea to take pre-schoolers to movies that have any violence or any suspense, and this does have some.
It is nice that people are starting to pay attention to the age of the giant mammals, because it has been kind of ignored in favor of the dinosaurs.
The facial expressions and acting were just great. The characters were extraordinarily well-developed for a cartoon.
The squirrel was really funny.