Saber Tooth Cats are Carnevores by Nature.

Rating: 5/10 (22 May 2015)

Ice Age (2002): Dir: Chris Wedge / Voices: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jack Black, Chris Wedge: Computer animation about new things and compromise between conflicting groups. The ice age has arrived and animals are heading south but not Manfred the mammoth. He is accompanied by a sloth named Sid and they are forced to trust a saber-tooth tiger named Diago. Ray Romano voices Manfred who faces tradition yet must care for an Eskimo child. This all climaxes upon an unrealistic compromise. John Leguizamo voices the irritating Sid whose job is to provide comic relief and be a complete pain in the frozen asshole to everyone else on this journey. Denis Leary voices Diago who has a predicted change of heart as if nobody could see that coming. And as if anyone needs to point out that it is a saber-tooth cat's nature to be carnivores and not buddy up to humongous mammoths and cuddly sloths. Besides Manfred, the only character of interest is the prehistoric squirrel that is featured periodically in his hazardous quest to obtain an acorn. Director Chris Wedge is backed by decent humour, which works best, but not so much of a script. He also provides the vocals of sorts for the prehistoric squirrel Scrat that is involved in the film's best scenes. The computer generated images are bright and colourful highlighting the era involved but they are unable to thaw out weak writing. Score: 5 / 10