Ice Age (2002) poster
2002 · animation · family

Ice Age

Directed by Chris Wedge1h 22m2002
ElsewhereIMDb7.5560kRT76%Metacritic61TMDB7.414k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
Movie DNA

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

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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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What watching it is actually like.

You want a funny prehistoric road trip with mismatched animals saving a baby.

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild peril

Skip it tonightYou dislike talking animals or cartoon peril for young kids.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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