hilarious!

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2006)

I loved this movie! I was very fond of the original 2002 Ice Age and because of that, i thought i definitely needed to see it. Ray Romano (Manny), Denis Leary (Diego), John Leguizamano (Sid) and Queen Latifah (Ellie) bring the perfect amount of charm to their characters, with all the right hesitations and blunders. Also, the animation is fine-tuned enough for you to see the facial expressions of the animals and everything.
Scrat is as funny as before, but now he has more screen time, and he goes through all sorts of adventures looking for his dear acorn. I also liked the possums a lot! I think the movie is, overall, better than the first one - it is very, very funny. They even put in two 'musical' numbers! There are only three 'action' scenes in the movie, but that is enough because they are spaced out perfectly.
The only problem i had with it is that it is for more of a preteen-teen audience. I took my 5 year old brother to see it, and i know that he didn't understand some of the jokes or references.
You might think that in the slew of animal movies in recent years (especially those coming out later this year), that Ice Age 2 is just another critter tale, and a sequel at that. But it is definitely better than that. I recommend this movie to everyone, especially if you liked the original.