ICE AGE (2002) ** I like the squirrel, and the Dodo birds. I like the idea of doing extinct creatures, but the principals are kind of dull. Unintentional misfits of the world unite and create a tribe! Yeah, that's ok for a premise. What else do ya got? Maybe if they'd done something linear working straight from the squirrel, and using the other ones peripherally. Nah, that could have got old even faster. How much narrative oomph can you get from an animated squirrel? Even an all-star animated squirrel. Good morality lessons for little ones who haven't already seen them a million times, a calculated amount of insider stuff for adults (I was excited to catch the Star Trek reference, even though I'm not a trekkie, man), very good animation and several outstanding moments. Which makes it substantially better than this review.
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