"Ice, Ice" Baby, held together with slap stick humor and annoying dialogue with somewhat of a rural dark atmosphere for a kids movie

Rating: 5/10 (7 April 2006)

**1/2 Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Queen Latifah, Josh Peck, Jay Leno and Chris Wedge. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. A sequel to the 2002 original "Ice Age" only this time the three so-called friends Manny (Romano), Diego (Leary) and Sid (Leguizamo) are trying to make it out of the valley before the glacier melts. Of course cutting in and out with plot hole filler Scrat (Wedge), who is the star of the show, just looking for an acorn. While the trio are walking they run into a dang of opossums (Scott and Peck, the most annoying characters in the whole movie) and Ellie (Latifah, surprisingly descent) who thinks she too is a possum. "Ice Age" gets in the chuckles with annoying dialogue and quick one liners, while some of the material seems a little too dark for the audience it is meant for. My final rating 7/10