Cute film

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2006)

I watched this film with a bit of trepidation, since I don't normally care for films of this genre. However, I found myself mildly surprised at the quality of this one. While the animation isn't terribly great, the story pulls the film along nicely. It's paced properly, with no wasted time. There is little need for violence, so there's very little of it. Drama and humor are the major elements in the film. Much of the humor is provided almost as a sidebar by a prehistoric saber-toothed squirrel named Scrat. He has the worst time keeping up with an acorn that he's trying to store away. The dramatic element is provided by an unlikely trio trying to return a lost human infant to it's "herd". The trio, a woolly mammoth, a sloth and a saber-toothed tiger, face several trials and some outside interference to try to accomplish their task. This was a pretty enjoyable flick and I'd recommend it to everybody, especially children.