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The revisionist version of natural history offered up in the Ice Age movies gets yet another twist in the fourth instalment, 10 years after Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the sabre-toothed tiger, Sid the sloth, and Scrat the squirrel made their chilly debut to hot box-office receipts. The lessons of family and loyalty in Continental Drift may seem a little warmed over, but the creatively constructed laughs, amusing voice characterisations, and inventive CGI animation are reason enough to keep the series viable for kids to giggle about and grown-ups to belly laugh over--sometimes for exactly the same reasons.
Once again, acorn-addicted Scrat is the cause of some pretty important behind-the-scenes machinations. His dialogue-free antics also serve as a stand-alone subplot that could easily be a very clever short film of its own. This time the weasely rodent's addled obsession with the fruit of the oak is revealed as the cause of the formation of the world's continents as we now know them. He sets the story--and planet Earth--in motion while pursuing a little nut in a hyperactive prologue that causes underground rifts that in turn form the famous shapes of Australia, Africa, North America, and the outline of Italy (which it turns out is shaped like a boot for a very good reason). Above ground this means more global chaos for the herd of animals we've come to know so well. All the familiar voices reprise their wonderful roles as fissures in earth and ice separate Manny (Ray Romano) from his woolly wife Ellie (Queen Latifah) and boy-crazy teenager Peaches (Keke Palmer). With a killer continental shelf bearing down on them, mother and daughter lead the madcap pack of animal characters toward a safe meeting place while Manny, Diego (Denis Leary), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Sid's crazy granny (Wanda Sykes) drift away on an iceberg schooner into a newly vast open ocean. While floating into oblivion, the mismatched pack encounters a band of animal pirates piloting another slab of ship-shaped ice, captained by a crazed baboon named Gutt (Peter Dinklage), who's bent on resentment-based revenge. The motley crew provides a plethora of comic encounters and a new raft of excellent voice actors. Running a close second to Dinklage in ingenious casting is Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a sultry tiger who, don't cha know, ends up on the good ship and falling for Diego in the end.
The adventures of both the land- and sea-based creatures are full of clever gags and densely constructed set pieces that may not be quite up to Pixar story standards, but are certainly always on the ball and executed with computer-animation acumen that is astonishingly lifelike for such an unreal-looking world. Scrat's misadventures act as interstitial connectors to the parallel heroes' journey stories until they ultimately intersect in a massively scaled finale. Even after all the melting and refreezing, the Ice Age world is still a hot commodity in the animated-franchise business and remains a good investment despite the constancy of global rifts in entertaining family fare. --Ted Fry
Once again, acorn-addicted Scrat is the cause of some pretty important behind-the-scenes machinations. His dialogue-free antics also serve as a stand-alone subplot that could easily be a very clever short film of its own. This time the weasely rodent's addled obsession with the fruit of the oak is revealed as the cause of the formation of the world's continents as we now know them. He sets the story--and planet Earth--in motion while pursuing a little nut in a hyperactive prologue that causes underground rifts that in turn form the famous shapes of Australia, Africa, North America, and the outline of Italy (which it turns out is shaped like a boot for a very good reason). Above ground this means more global chaos for the herd of animals we've come to know so well. All the familiar voices reprise their wonderful roles as fissures in earth and ice separate Manny (Ray Romano) from his woolly wife Ellie (Queen Latifah) and boy-crazy teenager Peaches (Keke Palmer). With a killer continental shelf bearing down on them, mother and daughter lead the madcap pack of animal characters toward a safe meeting place while Manny, Diego (Denis Leary), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Sid's crazy granny (Wanda Sykes) drift away on an iceberg schooner into a newly vast open ocean. While floating into oblivion, the mismatched pack encounters a band of animal pirates piloting another slab of ship-shaped ice, captained by a crazed baboon named Gutt (Peter Dinklage), who's bent on resentment-based revenge. The motley crew provides a plethora of comic encounters and a new raft of excellent voice actors. Running a close second to Dinklage in ingenious casting is Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a sultry tiger who, don't cha know, ends up on the good ship and falling for Diego in the end.
The adventures of both the land- and sea-based creatures are full of clever gags and densely constructed set pieces that may not be quite up to Pixar story standards, but are certainly always on the ball and executed with computer-animation acumen that is astonishingly lifelike for such an unreal-looking world. Scrat's misadventures act as interstitial connectors to the parallel heroes' journey stories until they ultimately intersect in a massively scaled finale. Even after all the melting and refreezing, the Ice Age world is still a hot commodity in the animated-franchise business and remains a good investment despite the constancy of global rifts in entertaining family fare. --Ted Fry
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Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences--a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.
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32 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ice Age 4 made my family laugh just as much as the other three films.
30 Jun 2012
By Dragonlord
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Format:DVD
How do Blue Sky do it Ice Age 4: Continental Drift is another excellent and very funny computer animated film which will sit nicely on the self with all my other Ice Age films. Jennifer Lopez does the voice of Shira who is a female sabertooth tiger and becomes Diego's love interest. There is a evil pirate ape called Gutt and his crew of misfits are after Manny's blood for stealing their ice ship. Scrat has many funny scenes for you all to enjoy again. I like the way there is scenes/words taken from Brave Heart and Lord Of The Rings which is enjoyable for a movie buff like myself. Will Manny and friends make it back to his family or will the continental drift's and pirates keep them apart? The animation is the most impressive yet out of all the Ice Age films and it looked even more wonderful in 3d at the cinema.
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As a Granny (and no - I didn't take the kids) I thought it was a brilliant film and a great continuation of the last three. I went with a friend and we both laughed our socks off. The effects are amazing as always and I have pre-bought a copy for the family in Austria who are going to love it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ionie Nash
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The children really enjoyed this film so much so that they watched it again. It kept them busy for hours.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bought as a gift
This was bought for my brother-in-law who loves the other films in this series. he was very happy to recieve.
Published 8 hours ago by Ju
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brillian family dvd
Bought this for my 9 year old and we watched it over christmas as a family film Have seen all the ice age dvd's now and found that this was as good as the rest, brilliant
Published 9 hours ago by Micky
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good addition to the series
Our family really enjoyed the continuing adventures of the ice age herd. The squirrel with the acorn still makes us laugh!
Published 9 hours ago by Akela2012
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ice age
Really enjoyed this film in the cinema and enjoyed it again over Christmas watching this DVD along with my family
Published 14 hours ago by Westg
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic family fun
We really enjoyed this film - especially the pirates. Not quite as good as Ice Age 3 but still good fun
Published 19 hours ago by NickD
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ice Age 4
We really enjoyed this dvd. It is one for the whole family, we are pensioners and our daughter and son in law now have it to watch and then friends have asked to borrow it. Read more
Published 21 hours ago by Ruthie
5.0 out of 5 stars
could,nt wait
grandson watched it 21st dec on his birthday, will be watched again and again, only thing is it,s a fight between his brother for the dvd player
Published 1 day ago by beryl davies
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost as good as the third one.
We still hold that the third was the best, but this was a good follow on introducing some new characters and moving the herd on again.
Published 1 day ago by MrLuvaLuva
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very funny
Both myself and my children really enjoyed this film, again another funny film just like the others. I'm very glad I brought it.
Published 1 day ago by Caroline
3.0 out of 5 stars
Usual
This follows on with the story but I didn't find it as funny as the previous ones, still worth a watch though.
Published 1 day ago by R. Underhill
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