Just a poor movie after Shrek and Monsters, Inc

Rating: 2/10 (1 April 2002)

I have been very excited to watch Ice Age when I first saw the trailer. I thought this must be a cool movie, as much fun as Shrek or Monsters, Inc. I believe now that it was not as good as either, although Shrek is still my favorite. One idea was even almost the same as Shrek although Ice Age lacks the cool voices. The sloth's attempt to be the mammoth's friend is identical to the donkey's attempt to be Shrek's friend. It may be true that the writers/producers of this movie did not know of Shrek's story line but it still felt like a cheap way to make a movie with a similar theme. It is true that this movie may be more child friendly than Shrek but it also misses the edge and most of the humor of the other movie. The story is blatantly simple and reminds us of a cheap copy of lovely Disney movies. If you can avoid this computer animated feature, you won't miss anything. Actually the trailer was the best of the whole movie.