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Ice Age (2-Disc Special Edition)
Director: Chris Wedge
Actors: Peter Ackerman, Diedrich Bader, Lorri Bagley, P.J. Benjamin, and Jack Black
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.98
Release Date: 2002-11-26
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-03-15
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 81 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Just as A Bug's Life was a computer-animated comedy inspired by Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, the funny and often enthralling Ice Age is a digital re-imagining of the Western Three Godfathers. The heroes of this unofficial remake (set 20,000 years ago, during the titular Paleolithic era) are a taciturn mastodon named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano), an annoying sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo), and a duplicitous saber-toothed tiger, Diego (Denis Leary). The unlikely team encounters a dying, human mother who relinquishes her chirpy toddler to the care of these critters. Hoping, against all odds, to return the little guy to his migrating tribe, Manfred and his associates need to establish trust among themselves, not an easy thing in a harsh world of predators, prey, and pushy glaciers. Audiences that have become accustomed to the rounded, polished, storybook look of Pixar's house brand of computer animation (Monsters, Inc.) will find the blunt edges and chilly brilliance of Ice Age--evoking the harsh, dangerous environment of a frozen world--a wholly different, and equally pleasing, trip. Recommended for ages 4 and up. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Very enjoyable animated film   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
A very enjoyable animated feature, whose plot is loosely based on 1948's classic western from John Ford Three Godfathers. Set during (of course) the last Ice Age, the story has a mammoth called Manny, an annoying sloth named Sid and a duplicitous saber tiger called Diego finding a dying human mother along with her baby. They decide to return the infant to their tribe, against all odds, and facing a series of predators (especially saber tigers, who count on Diego on helping them on the inside). Punctuating the plot, a squirrel tries to save an acorn in a series of very funny vignettes. And a running joke is that the only species that do not talk during the movie are human beings. Unfortunately, the graphics are a bit below standard (they are no match for Pixar's works). The sequel has better graphics but a far less interesting plot (though it has a very funny final scene).

2) ice age   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
A wonderful movie for kids and adults. I sent several to youth centers and they loved it.

3) Now where is that blamed acorn?   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Ice Age DVDIce Age is an animated movie from Fox featuring Manny a wooly mammoth, Sid , a sloth, and Diego, a saber tooth tiger. A secondary character,who I love, is a prehistoric squirrel who is obsessive, compulsive about acorns. In this first movie the trio find a man-child who is lost. Diego wants to eat him of course. What else would you expect? Manny and Sid seek to protect him.All-in all a fun movie for the whole family, something unusual these days.Highly recommended for the entire family.Gunner December, 2007

4) Kids Love It   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Ever since we got this DVD about a year ago my grandson asks to watch it at least once a week. He calls it ICE and he also enjoys Ice Age: The Meltdown. He loves movies with animals in it and this totally fits the bill. Most three year olds won't sit still to watch a full movie but these keep his attention and he will usually sit through the whole thing.

5) One rare, beautiful movie.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a movie for the whole family, that was written very well. Yes, the CGI is fun and original, but we should all know: any film needs first to be well written, then well executed."Ice age" is very succesful because you can watch it 10 times, and the movie still delivers. It amuses you. It moves you.Do not spend too much time on the sequel, which is just a typical kids movie. This is the real deal, a movie where plot, characters, animation, soundtrack, all come together in a complete work.The theme of the "survival of the fittest" is embedded in the movie as a background that reminds us of the nature of the wild and of the "evolution" that shaped our world.But it is exactly against this theme that the main message of the movie comes throu: how did humans take such a dominant role? And the answer is given, gently, while the audience follows the adventures of the characters: we brought "humanity" to the world. The same humanity that turns a ferocious predator into someone who finally cares, and a disinchanted large mammal to find peace helping the baby of those who wiped out his own family.Enjoy.