©2009 Twentieth Century Fox
Starring: Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Running Time: 94 min
“Put some dinosaurs in it,” some Fox studio exec undoubtedly decreed for the second Ice Age sequel. Until now, these mildly diverting movies had done one thing right: they’ve remained within their stated historical era and animated only animals that existed back then. But, well, apparently historical accuracy now takes a back seat to putting dinosaur-loving kids’ butts in seats. Our Ice Age “family”—a pair of mammoths (voices by Ray Romano and Queen Latifah), a saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) and a sloth (John Leguizamo)—happen upon a conveniently dinosaur-populated Lost World beneath the ice. How lame is that? The script actually has one character say, “Yabba-dabba doo!” As with the two previous films, the acorn-coveting saber-toothed squirrel (“Scrat”) pops up when things get too dull. This time, he’s been given a love interest. Scrat gets the only laughs, and even he’s not really as funny as he used to be. Still, if it’s a family-friendly babysitting movie you’re looking for, I’ve seen worse. It’s featured in this space because it’s marginally less bad than the other two films opening this week.
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