Great family film

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2006)

Most sequels bank on the success of the original film and tend to fall flat. This is not the case of Ice Age 2 - the Meltdown. This highly anticipated sequel finds the "herd" in a new traveling adventure racing against time and impending disaster. Some of the familiar creatures reappear in this movie along with some new ones. Whereas some people already remarked on the major ones, there are also several small part newcomers. My kids were enamored be Diego's Bird Girl who appears early in the movie. This character is the distinctive voice of 9-year-old actress Reyna Shaskan, newly listed in this database. The humor in the film is for all ages. There were adult jokes where you could hear the grown-ups' belly laughs echoing throughout the theater audience. The writing was topnotch. The animation superb. Note the ability of the animators to deal with hair and fire which are 2 of the most difficult items to animate well. Scrat is his usually entertaining self, continuing the major subplot and providing continuity to the entire story. The stars reprise their roles extraordinarily well. This is a must see film for all ages.