Ice Age: The Meltdown

"Kiss your nuts goodbye."

2006 1h 31m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 10,588

AnimationFamilyComedyAdventure

Synopsis

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Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

“Kiss your nuts goodbye.”

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Cast

Ray Romano
Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo
Sid (voice)
Denis Leary
Diego (voice)
Queen Latifah
Ellie (voice)
Seann William Scott
Crash (voice)
Josh Peck
Eddie (voice)
Jay Leno
Fast Tony (voice)
Will Arnett
Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Gerry Swallow, Peter Gaulke, Peter Gaulke
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Ice Age Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carlos Saldanha, shot by Craig Grasso. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Harry Hitner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Carlos Saldanha directs. Craig Grasso behind the camera. John Powell scores. Harry Hitner cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 8.3× over at the box office.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Part of the "Ice Age Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Carlos Saldanha, shot by Craig Grasso. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Harry Hitner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ray Romano and John Leguizamo and Denis Leary carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Kiss your nuts goodbye.".
11IMDB entry: tt0438097 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1210,588 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 13 themes, including "mammoth", "sloth", "ice age", "barrier ice".
14Released under 36 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Craig Grasso
Original score: John Powell
Editing: Harry Hitner
Production design: Marcin Jakubowski
VFX supervisor: Simon Brown
Sound: Randy Thom
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $660,998,756
Return: 826% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Part of

Ice Age Collection

A collection of animated films centered around a woolly mammoth, a talkative sloth, a serious saber-toothed tiger, and a small squirrel, as they navigate through the Pleistocene Epoch.

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-04
★ 8/10
Just as good as the first. Really funny. All of these movies are good. Tough to do.
CinemaSerf2023-11-30
★ 6/10
Now firm friends, mammoth "Manny", sloth "Sid", sabre-toothed "Diego" and mongrelly "Scrat" discover that their carefree days amidst the snow and ice are numbered... Things are getting distinctly slushy and they conclude that higher ground is a good bet before they find themselves needing galoshes. Their trek to dryness offers "Manny" a long-awaited opportunity when he meets "Ellie" - a girl mammoth who takes an instant dislike to him, indeed for some reason she thinks he's a possum! Clearly not the sharpest tusk in the drawer, but off we now go on a cheerful if predictable series of animated adventures with their irritating new buddies "Crash" and "Eddie" to mix things up and generally get on everyone nerves. Sadly, the latter two also began to get on mine after a while, and the narrative really does struggle to maintain the enjoyably mischievous storytelling of the first film. There are some fun scenes with a flock of vultures while "Scrat" and his acrobatic acorn antics still mange to raise a smile but this isn't a franchise that can easily evolve I think. The "Ice Age" (2002) film was too stand-alone; this one builds on characters and introduces new ones but unfortunately the underlying story just isn't as good. It's still an easy to watch example of some fine animator's art, and the script contains enough to engage folks of all ages for a decently paced ninety minutes of quite watchable, if maybe not memorable, prehistoric fun.