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Ice Age (2002) poster

2002 · animation · family

Ice Age

Directed by Chris Wedge1h 22m2002

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

Our read: Ice Age (2002) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb7.5560kRT76%Metacritic61TMDB7.414k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
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How Ice Age feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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