buih-47731 I can't count how many times i watched this amazing heartwarming movie on my ten fingers and ten toes, its just a great movie. Actually it is one of the first movies i remember watching

SimonJack This is the first of what was to become a series of animated films with animal characters living in the ice age. Ostensibly for children, it carries a PG rating. It could be because of some of the mild violence that's shown, and some of the scary characters – notably the lions. But more than likely, it's because of the humorous dialog that at times is adult. Indeed, I think "Ice Age" and it's follow-up films were made more for adults than for kids. It is funny and entertaining, and I think suitable for the whole family. It's one of a small field of films that all ages will sit still for. The little tykes like the fuzzy, cute and bug-eyed animal characters. The young kids and teens will like the action and antics. And adults mostly will enjoy the dialog. This one was a big hit and the sequels continue to draw the crowds. So long as the writers can come up with new ideas for plots, Manny, Sid, Diego and a nameless crazy squirrel could be around a long time. Maybe even to the next ice age.

Brandon Maynard This is one of the funniest animated films I have ever seen. And the funniest single character is Scrat. You can't help but feel for him and how he always 'almost' gets his acorn only to have the worst luck. However the main story is very touching in its own way. Sid the sloth is left behind by his family on the way to escaping the coming ice age. He meets up with Manny, a crusty wooly mammoth voiced by Ray Romano, who does a fantastic job. They come upon a mother and her infant and while the mother dies in the icy water they rescue the baby and set off to return him to his own "herd." Along the way they pick up Diego, a sabre tooth tiger who is leading them into an ambush by his pack. As time goes on, though, Diego warms up to them all and they end up saving each others life several times over. In the end they all fall in love with the kid, return him to his tribe, and leave as friends. To be an animated film, this has a very moving and emotional storyline and an excellent climax. Its just a shame that I didn't watch this until now, over 13 years after it was released. My Grade: B+.

lisafordeay I have seen this movie so many times before so I had the privilege to finally get the first and second Ice Age movies on DVD recently. The story is about a grumpy mammoth named Manfried(voiced by Everybody Loves Raymond's star Ray Romano)who teams up with Sid (John Leguizamo)and Diego(voiced by Denis Leary from The Amazing Spiderman)who have to bring an abandoned baby back to his family again,as his family were attacked by Diego's pack and Diego of course had no other choice but to tag along with Manfried and Sid to get back the baby and bring Manfried to his pack to make a meal out of him.So will Manfried and Sid bring back the abandoned baby back to his father as his mother drowned when she ran from her life on Diego's pack?Bottom line I did enjoy this movie but firstly I have to talk about the animation and why I thought it was bad. It felt like the animators were so lazy they forgot to make it more realistic looking as the backgrounds look so generic its like what you see in a Barbie movie or a made for TV or straight to DVD animated film with the quality of the film. Maybe its only my opinion on it but it didn't seem as realistic as let's say Big Hero 6 or Tangled which had more realistic backgrounds than this but I guess the two I have mentioned are from Disney,while this is 20th Century Fox.Overall thought if you love Shrek,you will like this film.4/10