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Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) poster

2011 · animation · family · tv-movie

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Directed by Karen Disher26m2011

When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!

Our read: Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · family · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

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  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
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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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“You want a quick Ice Age holiday caper with Sid's chaos and warm wrap-up.”

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — Skip if Christmas specials or frantic kid comedy feel too sugary tonight.

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