Friday, December 28, 2012

Ice Age—Continental Drift

There’s something just so darn likable about Manny, Diego and Sid – voiced by Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo – that they could make a movie about them doing almost anything and it would be worth watching. Thankfully the folks at Sony Animation have higher ambitions for their primary franchise and while this latest chapter may not live up to its predecessors in terms of story or character, it’s certainly entertaining enough to be better than most of the family movies (animated and not so animated) released this year. The basic plot of the story is, as the title indicates, the shifting of the Teutonic plates of the earth to form the continents. Out three heroes, and a selection of minor, but still funny characters, get caught in the shift, are separated from their loved ones and then have to find a way back. The ending may never be in doubt but there is enough adventure along the way to make you cheer when everyone is reunited.

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