The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Scrat: Spaced Out
Family · Science Fiction · Comedy · 2016
In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.
Movie details
Scrat: Spaced Out
2016 Family · Science Fiction · Comedy 15m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.5 / 10
860 votes
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
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In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Scrat: Spaced Out?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Michael Thurmeier
Written by
Michael J. Wilson · Yoni Brenner · Aubrey Solomon
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Narrator
Chris Wedge
Scrat (voice)
Karen Disher
Scratazons (voice)
John Leguizamo
Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Jennifer Lopez
Shira (voice) (uncredited)
Simon Pegg
Buck (voice) (uncredited)
Ray Romano
Manny (voice) (uncredited)
Court is in session
Put Scrat: Spaced Out on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.