Integrity melting away

Rating: 5/10 (22 November 2006)

Cruder, duller incarnation of the animated family affair milks everything that was good about the original and offers little else but tasteless (at times subtly racist and sexist) jokes and uninspired mechanics as the gang return in order to basically escape their melting locale, as their frozen age nears it's evaporation. Aside from that darn squirrel's sheer rendered physicality, in one of animations legendary quests of acquisition (which also gets overused to compensate for the lazy story), average would seem almost polite when compared to the balanced and far classier and memorable original. Undoutedly there are enough fun moments and fan appeasement to ensure that this movie will meet the financial quotas they most likely are expected to make, although anyone expecting a repeat performance this time around may be disappointed. Still, with the obviously well rendered visuals, pervasive silliness, sprinkled with a few genuinely worthy scenes including musical interludes, this competent addition will serve it's purpose just fine to those it's intended for.