Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 30 nominations total
Denis Leary
- Diego
- (voice)
John Leguizamo
- Sid
- (voice)
Ray Romano
- Manfred
- (voice)
Goran Visnjic
- Soto
- (voice)
Jack Black
- Zeke
- (voice)
Cedric The Entertainer
- Carl
- (voice)
- (as Cedric the Entertainer)
Stephen Root
- Frank
- (voice)
- …
Diedrich Bader
- Oscar
- (voice)
Alan Tudyk
- Lenny
- (voice)
- …
Lorri Bagley
- Jennifer
- (voice)
Jane Krakowski
- Rachel
- (voice)
Peter Ackerman
- Dodo
- (voice)
- …
P.J. Benjamin
- Dodo
- (voice)
Josh Hamilton
- Dodo
- (voice)
- …
Chris Wedge
- Dodo
- (voice)
- …
Denny Dillon
- Glyptodon
- (voice)
Mitzi McCall
- Glyptodont
- (voice)
Tara Strong
- Roshan
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe drawings of characters during the end credit roll were all done by the children of the animators. The same is true of the picture that Sid draws of himself on a cave wall. Sid's drawing was done by 3 year old Will Shefelman, son of a story artist Dan Shefelman. The story artist working on the scene was having difficulty drawing like a 3 year old so he consulted an expert.
- GoofsAnimals, from many different epochs and continents, mingle in 10,000 B.C. North America.
- Crazy creditsDrawings of the creatures appear over the credits. Most drawings were done by children of Blue Sky Studios employees.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate scene of Sid in the hottub with the ladies shows him saying to them "Let's jump in the gene pool and see what happens." Sid pinches one of the female sloths' butt and she then kicks him in the groin. This was cut because it was not suitable for children and may have gotten the film a PG-13. Other innuendos with Sid were also cut from the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Showtime/Ice Age/The Time Machine (2002)
- SoundtracksSound Off (Duckworth Chant)
Written by Willie Lee Duckworth (as Willie Duckworth) and Bernard Lentz
Featured review
`Ice Age' emerges as one of the better animated films of recent years, cleverly designed and even more cleverly written. Scenarists Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson and Peter Ackerman have devised a story set 20,000 years ago about an unlikely trio of companions who find themselves making a long trek through a harsh environment in an effort, ostensibly, to return a baby human to the tribe from which he has become separated. The triumvirate is made up of a deadpan, cynical mammoth, a wisecracking, over-the-top sloth (whose mile-a-minute mouth more than makes up for his legendary slowness) and a malevolent saber-tooth tiger, who learns a thing or two about friendship and teamwork before the adventure is over.
`Ice Age' is at its most amusing in those scenes in which the characters make prescient jokes about their own place in the evolutionary scheme of things. One particularly clever scene involves the three travelers discovering what looks like an underground museum of natural history encased in ice, replete with ancient creatures caught in naturally occurring, chain-of-life exhibits. Like most animated films set in the past, `Ice Age' derives much of its humor through the use of anachronism. We chuckle to hear these creatures applying modern, scientific knowledge to the pre-scientific era in which they are living.
The animators and designers have done a beautiful job in achieving just the right look for this tale. The backgrounds have a colorful, clean, streamlined look to them, and the animals themselves, in their appearance and design, provide a witty commentary on evolutionary history. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary do superb voiceover work, each achieving just the right tone for the character he has been assigned to play. One could wish, perhaps, for a bit less sentimentality at the end, but that is a minor quibble in a film that works so well for both children and adults. The kids will revel in the cuteness of the animals and the clever action sequences, while adults will savor the sly knowingness of the evolutionary and historical in-jokes. Not bad in an era when most films can't find a way to please even ONE audience demographic.
`Ice Age' is at its most amusing in those scenes in which the characters make prescient jokes about their own place in the evolutionary scheme of things. One particularly clever scene involves the three travelers discovering what looks like an underground museum of natural history encased in ice, replete with ancient creatures caught in naturally occurring, chain-of-life exhibits. Like most animated films set in the past, `Ice Age' derives much of its humor through the use of anachronism. We chuckle to hear these creatures applying modern, scientific knowledge to the pre-scientific era in which they are living.
The animators and designers have done a beautiful job in achieving just the right look for this tale. The backgrounds have a colorful, clean, streamlined look to them, and the animals themselves, in their appearance and design, provide a witty commentary on evolutionary history. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary do superb voiceover work, each achieving just the right tone for the character he has been assigned to play. One could wish, perhaps, for a bit less sentimentality at the end, but that is a minor quibble in a film that works so well for both children and adults. The kids will revel in the cuteness of the animals and the clever action sequences, while adults will savor the sly knowingness of the evolutionary and historical in-jokes. Not bad in an era when most films can't find a way to please even ONE audience demographic.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ice Age: Ice Age Baby Sucks
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $59,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $176,387,405
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $46,312,454
- Mar 17, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $383,257,136
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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