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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+14)
Critics 61Audiences 75GoodWatch 68
Metascore61
User score7.7
IMDb7.5
Letterboxd · 1.3 M ratings3.6/5
Box office
6.5×its budget
- Budget
- $59 M
- Worldwide
- $383 M
Worldwide it earned $324 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 21 min
A typical length for animated movies, −8 min on the typical 89
typical 8981Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+116Released
2002
March 14, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
AnimationComedyFamilyAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards2003
- Animated Feature Film2003Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards2002
- Best Animated Feature2002Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 16 more20 people
- Ray RomanoManfred 'Manny' (voice)
- John LeguizamoSid (voice)
- Denis LearyDiego (voice)
- Goran VišnjićSoto (voice)
- Jack BlackZeke (voice)
- Cedric the EntertainerRhino (voice)
- Stephen RootRhino / Start (voice)
- Diedrich BaderSaber-Toothed Tiger (voice)
Alan TudykSaber-Toothed Tiger / Freaky Mammal (voice)
Lorri BagleyFemale Sloth (voice)
Jane KrakowskiFemale Sloth (voice)
Peter AckermanDodo / Freaky Mammal (voice)
P.J. BenjaminDodo (voice)
Josh HamiltonDodo / Aardvark (voice)
Denny DillonGlypto (voice)
Mitzi McCallGlypto (voice)
Tara StrongStart (voice)
Chris WedgeDodo / Scrat (voice)
Kristen JohnstonSylvia (voice) (uncredited)- MRMatilda RowlerNadia (voice) (uncredited)
Directing · 4
- Chris Wedge Director
- Carlos Saldanha Co-Director
- William H. Frake III Layout, Story Artist
- Daniel Barlow Layout
Writing · 13
- Michael J. Wilson Screenplay, Story
- Peter Ackerman Screenplay
- Michael Berg Screenplay
- Jon Vitti Story Consultant
- David Silverman Story Consultant
- Enrico Casarosa Story Artist
Production · 22
- Chris Meledandri Executive Producer
- Lori Forte Producer
- Bruce Winant ADR Voice Casting
- John Donkin Associate Producer
- Meg Morman Casting Associate
- Anthony Nisi Assistant Production Manager
Editing · 11
- John Carnochan Editor
- Jim Passon Color Timer
- Gary Burritt Negative Cutter
- Dan Madden Assistant Editor
- James Palumbo Assistant Editor
- Shannon Carey Assistant Editor
Sound · 26
- David Newman Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Sean Garnhart Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Doug Hemphill Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Paul Massey Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- George A. Lara Foley Mixer
- Lewis Goldstein Sound Effects Editor
Art · 11
- Brian McEntee Production Design
- Marcin Jakubowski Production Design
- Michael Thurmeier Additional Storyboarding, Lead Animator, Additional Writing
- Steve Martino Art Direction
- Galen T. Chu Additional Storyboarding, Animation, Visual Effects, Additional Writing
- James Bresnahan Additional Storyboarding, Lead Animator, Additional Writing
Visual Effects · 49
- Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi Matte Painter
- Peter de Sève Character Designer
- Everett Downing Jr. Animation
- Rodrigo Blaas Animation
- Jean Cullen De Moura Animation
- Dean Lennert Animation
Lighting · 15
- Bryan Godwin Lighting Technician
- Haji Uesato Lighting Technician
- James Gettinger Lighting Technician
- Rafael Castelblanco Lighting Technician
- Lisa Kalmanson Lighting Technician
- Fran Roberts Lighting Technician
Other crew · 10
- Mike Reiss Additional Dialogue
- José Antonio Macías Translator
- Dave Walvoord Supervising Technical Director
- Joshua Winget Temp Music Editor
- Jack Ham Systems Administrators & Support
- Kendall McCarthy Post Production Supervisor
Tropes
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In this series
Film 1 of 7 · then Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Ice Age (2002)
GoodWatch score 67You're here
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
GoodWatch score 63Film 2
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
GoodWatch score 57Film 3
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
GoodWatch score 52Film 4
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
GoodWatch score 37Film 5
- The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
GoodWatch score 33Film 6
Film 7 · coming
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