Ice Age: Continental Drift

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Ice Age: Continental Drift

PG,

2012,

1h 27m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy/

Adventure/

Animation

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37%

131 Reviews

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61%

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Scrat's continuous pursuit of an infernal acorn has world-changing consequences for Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) when the continents split apart. The continental crack-up separates Manny and his friends from the rest of the herd, including Manny's mate, Ellie (Jennifer Lopez) and rebellious daughter Peaches (Keke Palmer). The pals are desperate to return home, but a pirate (Peter Dinklage) and his ragtag crew stand in their way.

Critics Consensus

Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D has moments of charm and witty slapstick, but it often seems content to recycle ideas from the previous films.

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Jul 13, 2012

2.1/2

Never mind that the freshness of the original Ice Age and its main characters Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary), and Sid (John Leguizamo) has dissipated. How many series could sustain themselves at all through a fourth iteration?

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Jul 13, 2012

Yes, this is the part where I outsource my critical role to my children. If you are the kind of person who (quite understandably) abhors this particular gimmick, you may wish to stop reading now.

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Matt Singer

ScreenCrush

Jul 13, 2012

3/10

Feels less like Ice Age 4 than Ice Age 1.4.

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

Sep 18, 2021

F

Unless you've got little kids you need to entertain for an hour-and-a-half, don't waste any time on [this].

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 11, 2020

2.5/4.0

Ice Age: Continental Drift isn't much more than a paint-by-numbers animated feature with a positive, pro-family message.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Apr 11, 2019

Just sort of sits on the screen, going through the motions for 90 minutes or so. It's neither good nor bad and, unless you are under the age of 8, you'll likely forget it by the time you get home.

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Abraham R

Jan 26, 2019

Some funny slapstick, but way too many characters that you don't care about to keep track of.

Albus R

Oct 17, 2018

It's at this movie where the franchise got completely ridiculous.

Poe S

Sep 16, 2018

No one cares. Scrat is the only good character

Albus L

Jul 31, 2018

Fox's daring attempt to release a fourth film of the franchise engages a compelling story and tries to pass a different view of the childishness of his previous films. Even with mistakes, I expected it would be better than other attempts. Maybe innovating would be better for the producer.

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George W

Jul 15, 2018

Definitley not the best and rather drybut has nice animation,fast paced scenes and hilarious Scrat scenes but it's 500x better than it's sequel Ice Age:Shitision Course that's when things went REAL BAD Rating:57%

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Jul 9, 2018

What do you need to say. Uninteresting story, characters who clearly can't adapt and evolve, tiring, monotonous action, zero originality and incoherent themes is all things that plagues this very dissappointing fourth installment in the once-beloved Ice Age franchise, at least the visuals and colors are clear and crisp.

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Steve Martino

Director

Mike Thurmeier

Director

Ray Romano

Manny

John Leguizamo

Sid

Denis Leary

Diego

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Synopsis

Scrat's continuous pursuit of an infernal acorn has world-changing consequences for Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) when the continents split apart. The continental crack-up separates Manny and his friends from the rest of the herd, including Manny's mate, Ellie (Jennifer Lopez) and rebellious daughter Peaches (Keke Palmer). The pals are desperate to return home, but a pirate (Peter Dinklage) and his ragtag crew stand in their way.

Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Producer: Lori Forte, John C. Donkin
Screenwriter: Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Rating: PG (Mild Rude Humor|Action/Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 27, 2014
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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