Impressive special effects.

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

What a waste of 2 and a bit hours and $11. The special effects were very impressive but the rest of the movie left a lot to be desired. The acting was appalling by the lead characters (no wonder Meg Ryan preferred Russell Crowe). The story line (not the ice age part) but the situation between Dennis Qaid, his wife and son so lame it was laughable. I must admit myself and others in the cinema (and there weren't that many for a movie that had only been out a week)had a good laugh mostly in parts that weren't meant to be funny. It was so predictable from beginning to end. I wonder how the rest of the world fared - I guess we will never know. At least the southern hemisphere seemed unaffected so I guess we will be safe here down under for a while yet.