Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (U)

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Denis Leary and Jennifer Lopez voice some lovelorn sabretooth tigers in Ice Age: Continental Drift

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<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5

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Time Out says

Tue Jul 10 2012

This ‘Ice Age’ film explores similar – and sometimes similarly dreary – family-friendly themes of friendship and loyalty as its three predecessors, but it does so with such visual and aural pizazz that you can’t help but be swept along. There’s a mild educational spin too, especially during the film’s opening gambit about how our planet’s tectonic plates shifted to create today’s continents. It’s during one of these drifts that the film’s unlikely lads, Manny the mammoth, Diego the sabre-toothed tiger and Sid the comical sloth, find themselves separated from friends and family.

As on previous occasions, Blue Sky Studios’s lust for cruel, subversive Chuck Jones-style humour and mortality-related quips is very much to the fore, and there are some fabulous incidental delights along the way, especially a scene involving a disruptive new character called Captain Gutt (the voice of Peter Dinklage), who appears to have been modelled on Tim Curry’s Frank-N-Furter. Frivolous fun.

Author: Derek Adams

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Release details

Rated:

U

UK release:

Fri Jul 13 2012

Duration:

94 mins

Cast and crew

Cast:

John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Josh Peck, Queen Latifah, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lopez, Seann William Scott, Denis Leary

Director:

Michael Thurmeier, Steve Martino

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Leisure World, Jarman Park, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4JW Show map/details

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Rated as: 3/5 (6 ratings)

  • Brilliant review, Ian. Had me, laughing out loud. your opinion has been duely noted!

    Dionne Wed Sep 5 2012
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  • Havent seen it yet but hoping it shud be awesome!

    Keep calm and Luv Me Sun Sep 2 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • It wasn't that good I liked the 3 one was the best so I've only rated it 7/10 and only 3 star rating.

    Shelby Wed Aug 22 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • Thaught it was brilliant so did my little boy. Best one of them all

    suzi Sat Aug 4 2012
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  • Much better the the awful Ice age 3 but still no winner. Couple of funny moments but lets end the saga now. Ice age 5 Armageddon

    Ric Fri Aug 3 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • Enjoyed it quite a bit.......but that will do now thanks, or at least until fresher ideas are tabled. 3D impressive throughout. 6+/10

    scrumpyjack Thu Jul 19 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • LOVED it. Not Pixar quality, but the best of this franchise by about a mile. Breaks no new ground, but mostly just a good, fun summer movie.

    Ethan T. Wed Jul 4 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Ah the laws of diminshing returns. As most of the good jokes have already been told in the first three films the writers and directors seem to have followed the Happy Feet 2 trend of upping the "gangsta" and reducing the humour. There is lots of getting down with kids and very little genuine humour. There is enough irrelevant moving to the front and swooping of images to try to justify the extra £ 2 a ticket for a 3D but it really isn't worth it. If I had paid £ 10 for a 3D ticket I would have felt seriously ripped off. Even a £ 6 bargain matinee strikes me as too much for 90 minutes of a very average film. Wait for the DVD because £ 30 plus for a family ticket is not good value. Jusrt worth 2 stars.

    Ian Tue Jul 3 2012
    Rated as: 2/5
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