Plot Manny, Ellie and the gang return to discover dinosaurs roaming the earth and Sid the Sloth needing rescuing after he creates a surrogate family from stolen dino-eggs.
Review Manny, Diego and pals find themselves tangling with T-rexes for this, a third outing, after Sid the Sloth discovers a forgotten dino paradise buried deep beneath the ice. It’s yet another excuse for the woolly troupe to set out on an epic journey, following in the well-trodden tracks of its predecessors.It’s a pacey, enjoyable yarn for the most part, but the franchise’s key strength is its characters and the relationships, tired by part two, are seriously running out of steam. The saving grace is Simon Pegg’s swashbuckling Buck, a plucky, one-eyed weasel who brings a welcome note of derring-do to the proceedings. It’s still the same old shtick but younger audiences will have a whale of a time — especially with the 3-D version — even if watching the film’s Pleistocene heroes interact with dinosaurs is sure to make paleontologists bleed out of their ears.
Verdict Long-in-the-tooth characters detract from the usual high-spirited fun and frolics.
Average user rating for Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
Weasly Good
It's not often you see a threequel that is as good as this. This definitly is up there with the likes of Shrek & Toy Story. The only thing that was a let down were the disappointing scrat bits probably because the ones in Ice Age 2 were awesome......also that other squirrel annoys me. Buck is brilliant though ... Read More
Pretty much agree with the reviewer here, the characters are running out of steam, but Pegg's Buck is a welcome and quite hilarious addition. ... Read More
The beginning is really funny and enjoyable, but after the first half an hour I became a bit tired of the jokes.Was thinking of only giving it two stars because of this...Nice,but nothing hilarious. ... Read More
This is absolute glory! Maybe because of the scintilating effects and dazzling camera shots I loved it, but in 2-D, four stars not a bad deal! The movie may lack logic - jurrasic with ice creatures - but the director has put much effort for the visuals. It's a much better effort then Shrek The Third. Waiting for Ice Age 4! ... Read More
This is absolute glory! Maybe because of the scintilating effects and dazzling camera shots I loved it, but in 2-D, four stars not a bad deal! The movie may lack logic - jurrasic with ice creatures - but the director has put much effort for the visuals. It's a much better effort then Shrek The Third. Waiting for Ice Age 4! ... Read More
I watched the 3D version (the lady didn't charge us the extra £1.50!) and thought the second half was much better than the first half.It felt quite awkward in some places, but as soon as Buck came along so did a lot more laughs. ... Read More
Weakest of the three films but still a great laugh. Saw the 2D version (as refused to pay the extra £1.50 on top of my cineworld card) and didn't feel as though I had missed out on anything by doing so. ... Read More
I was wetting myself with excitement about this, having loved both of the previous Ice Age films. It was still really good, but not as good as the other two (on first viewing anyway). Buck is a very welcome new character, though it's still all about Manny and Ellie for me. Didn't disappoint like Shrek 3 did, wouldn't be too annoyed with an Ice Age 4.
8/10 ... Read More
I saw the film two days ago and it was my first 3d experience. The film was really ok, I can freely say I did like it very much - the gags, the characters, Buck :) But there were some things I dont understand - ( if I count out the insane premis about ice age creatures and world living above dinasour - filled forrest -what the hell??) for example - why would so carring Many let his pregnant gf go to dinasour killing ground for recsuing someone he kinda hates ( Sid) ? And the Diego character was ... Read More
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