Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Gerry Swallow (writer) and
Peter Gaulke (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Kiss Your Ice Goodbye

Plot:

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Valley | Mammoth | Squirrel | Sloth | Tiger

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 31	8:00 PM	FX
Fri. Jan. 1	1:00 PM	FX

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Seann William Scott	...	Crash (voice)
Josh Peck	...	Eddie (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Fast Tony (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)
Peter Ackerman	...	Dung Beetle Dad (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Glypto Boy Billy / Beaver Girl (voice)
Connor Anderson	...	Rhino Boy / Beaver Boy (voice)
Joseph Bologna	...	Mr. Start (voice)
Jack Crocicchia	...	Elk Boy (voice)
Peter DeSève	...	Condor Chick (voice)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (USA) (trailer title)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo.

Runtime:

91 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | UK:U | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Malaysia:U | Singapore:G | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | France:U | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG (certificate #42465) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

As an additional marketing ploy a special "anti-cell" spot was created with Sid complaining to the audience about a ringing cellular phone. The same was done for Brother Bear (2003), Robots (2005) and I, Robot (2004).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Crash jumps onto Diego's shoulders, as he is reaching the ground, slow motion of the film reveals that part of his face disappears.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Start: Oy, this global warming is *killing* me!
Mrs. Start: This is too *hot*, the Ice Age was too *cold*, what will it take to make you happy? Aah!
[the ice that she is sitting on cracks and she falls into the water]
Mr. Start: *This* I like!

Movie Connections:

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

Soundtrack:

One

Laugh out loud funny!

I wanted to take my older kids to the movies for some family time. We went and saw Ice Age Meltdown really for lack of something better to see. (Looks like a bad year for movies again- on the bright side, we'll save a couple hundred bucks.) I am pleased to say, I loved this movie. I laughed so much and found it very enjoyable. It was much better than the first one and I don't know if I've EVER said that about a movie. The characters are witty and entertaining and Scrat gets a lot more screen time in his plight for the great acorn. If you liked the first Ice Age then seeing the sequel is completely risk free. A great film for young and old alike. Enjoy! =)