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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Animation · Comedy · Family · 2009

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

Movie details

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

“What killed the dinosaurs?”

2009 Animation · Comedy · Family 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

284K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

46 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

50 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Carlos Saldanha

Written by

Peter Ackerman · Michael Berg · Yoni Brenner · Mike Reiss

Ray Romano

Ray Romano

Manny (voice)

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo

Sid (voice)

Denis Leary

Denis Leary

Diego (voice)

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

Buck (voice)

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Crash (voice)

Josh Peck

Josh Peck

Eddie (voice)

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Ellie (voice)

Court is in session

Put Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

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.