Although the script is weak, this is a very funny film.

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2009)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs {dir. Carlos Saldanha}
***/****
A major improvement over the last installment, this might be the best film of the series and it is certainly the funniest. Visually the film is well done, although (per usual with Ice Age films) the script could use some fine tuning. Some of the one-liners fall very flat and the characters seem to become boring. However, the film's two biggest virtues make up for its numerous flaws. The best part of the first two films was certainly that curious mix of squirrel and rat fittingly named Scrat. This film features Scrat at his funniest, with more extended scenes and hilarious situations than ever. Also, the addition of a new character, a one-eyed weasel named Buck (voiced brilliantly by Simon Pegg), provides a new pace, rhythm and humor to the tired plot-line.