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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 41% Rotten Page   1   C "Fans of the original will likely enjoy this new batch of shenanigans, but those looking for something new or consistently hilarious may just want to stay home and watch Finding Nemo."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B+ "For Meltdown, the production feels much more adventurous and more willing to squeeze in visual gags and genuinely funny character quirks whenever it can."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "Like the original film, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN features appealing characters in recognizable, particularly familial situations."   Common Sense   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "There are some charming moments, but you have to wait for them."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/5 "It feels like a cheap direct-to-video rush job."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2/4 "...viewers who enjoyed the bland original may also dig this one."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Forgettable, completely harmless, sporadically amusing, and not at all ready to go up against the real masters at Pixar and Disney."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "Ice Age: The Meltdown acknowledges something the Bush administration doesn't believe in: global warming."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/5 "A pesar de la poca innovación, esta segunda parte es casi tan divertida como la primera, sobre todo gracias a un estupendo personaje llamado Scrat."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "The so-so dialogue is balanced by the film's often hilarious physical humor.... It's the film's brawn, not its brains, that make it a survivor."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "Like its predecessor, it's a moderately engaging family movie, but in the Pixar Age that's not quite enough."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A frolicsome adventure for kids that celebrates diversity, facing one's fears, and relying on each other in troubled times."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Ice Age: The Meltdown has its share of humorous moments, but most of these involve the squirrel. The main plot involving the exodus and the Mammoth romance is more often dull than amusing."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "I'm not going to beat around the glacier. If you liked Ice Age, you're going to like this sequel."   Reel.com   James Plath 5/10 "If the animation studio Blue Sky has proven anything so far, it's that they're big league visual artists, but frankly pedestrian when it comes to stories."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/5 "Ice Age 2 works, if not as well as its predecessor, but it wants for that special something that makes Pixar's efforts such instant classics."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 2/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 1/5 "meltdown - indeed."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 2/5 "Adult fans of animation: don't bother. Parents taking their kids: Spare them. Use the money to beef up your home DVD collection of Pixar titles or even expand into the old Warner Brothers cartoons."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4.0 "... a whole new adventure. Well, an outing. Okay, a long walk..."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/5 "I wish this film would have been 90 minutes of Scrat chasing that stupid acorn."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2.5/5 "Fría, muy fría... y no precisamente por el hielo"   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3/4 "Prehistory's first blended herd begins a new adventure some tens of thousands of years after joining forces in the face of a global deep freeze (no, the math doesn't work, so stop worrying about it)."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "For whatever it lacks in the way of a compelling story, Ice Age: The Meltdown still manages to give family audiences what they want and expect: lovable characters, gorgeous computer-generated animation, and laughter."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "There are brightly funny individual scenes, especially the "Fire King" encounter (though it seems to have been taken straight from one of the Hope and Crosby "Road" movies), but it doesn't have the power or imagination of the first."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/5 "Like any good kids' movie, Meltdown invokes both the specter of global warming and the horrors of hurricane Katrina."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "This film looks terrific, and has some wonderfully eye-grabbing sequences.... So it's a pity the story's so bland."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C- "For as endearing as Scrat's antics are, even they can't sustain the lackluster jokes that pass for humor for the bulk of the ninety-minute running time."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick C "If you're under the age of 10 you will likely enjoy Ice Age: The Meltdown."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C "The exposition is lazy and sloppy and the story has little creative heat."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 4/5 "a smarter and funnier adventure"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 2.5/4 "nothing really grand"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson B "Ice Age 2 isn't really a meltdown, but it's no bolt from a Blue Sky."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 2.5/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 41% Rotten Page   1