The manic pace quickly grows tiresome, as does the influx of cloying baby animals.
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08/20/09
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:10
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: The third Ice Age film has some excellent animation, but its story is tired and monotonous.
Theatrical Release:Jul 1, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $196,573,705
Synopsis: Manny, Sid, Diego, and Ellie are back in this third film in the computer-animated Ice Age series. With those creatures in starring roles, fans also get another dose of the vocal talents of Ray... [More]
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah
Director: Carlos Saldanha
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Reviews for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Top CriticCertainly not terrible, but ultimately forgettable and that means you should skip it.
07/06/09
Top CriticThe whole movie is more of the same and I'm afraid the franchis is running out of steam.
07/06/09
Top CriticRather than evolving, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs treads on familiar and infertile ground.
07/02/09
Top CriticThere’s a sense of ineptness in a script that constantly reaches, with only modest success, for amusing things that the mammoths and their friends can do.
07/02/09
Top CriticIt's not utterly without charm. Only here, that charm feels less earned than manufactured, a product not of evolution -- or even intelligent design -- but of cynical, soulless opportunism.
07/01/09
Top CriticThis rambunctious outing -- the third in the franchise -- is cute enough to engage kids and just smart enough to keep the chaperones entertained.
07/01/09
Top CriticIf the third Ice Age were a bit better, there would be little need to dwell on the inconsistencies.
07/01/09
Top CriticNobody seems to be working too hard in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
07/01/09
Top CriticNice, sweet, safe.
07/01/09
Top CriticThe finest idiosyncratic pleasure of this franchise remains the ongoing relationship of hapless squirrel-rat Scrat to his beloved acorn.
07/01/09
Top CriticThis is true family fun. Not the two-tiered sort where there are potty jokes for the kids and pop culture references for the parents. Not only will everyone be laughing at the same time, they'll be laughing at the same things.
07/01/09
Top CriticThis third trip to the Ice Age cooler should delight families with its amusing new dino buddies, even as it risks terrifying tots.
07/01/09
Top CriticThere's no breathing life into a formula that ought to have bowed out gracefully while the going was good.
07/01/09
Top CriticNot bad, not good.
07/01/09
Top CriticA sweet little comedy, both family-friendly and centered on a nontraditional family — and so suitable for pretty much everyone.
06/30/09
Top CriticWhy does the third installment of this animated tale often feel so glacial it's a wonder Ray Romano's Manny the mammoth doesn't freeze in his tracks?
06/30/09
Top CriticWhat? Dawn of the dinosaurs? In the Ice Age? You’ve got to be kidding.
06/30/09
Top CriticThere's little evidence of creativity either in the paint-by-numbers time-travelling plot or the sort of ad-libs you associate with gag writers sitting around a boardroom table.
06/30/09
Top CriticYes, dinosaurs are cool. Just not cool enough to save this sequel.
06/30/09
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September 08, 2009:
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Although only ranked no. 7 in the US for 2009 with $194 million domestically, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs will this week become the third-highest grossing film ever... More...
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