An average movie

I had been a while since I saw this flick so I thought it was time for a re-watch this time with my daughter. If I recall correctly, I saw this one in the theaters when it was released with my wife and step-kids but I’m not completely sure. Anyway, since ‘Ice Age’ was a surprise success, commercially and critically, it was not really surprising that they came up with a sequel. Eventually, this 2nd installment was not bad, providing the same nice looking animation but the plot was this time definitely weaker. I mean, it was a nice touch to add a new mammoth but the opossums were not really interesting and then whole thing about the mammoth who thinks she is an opossum was just terribly underwhelming. Eventually, it is above all Scrat, the awesome saber-toothed squirrel, who basically saved the day. Indeed, Scrat fortunately came very often with some unrelated scenes to the plot and all those scenes were constantly hilarious. Basically, this little fellow managed to make this movie rather enjoyable but without him, the whole thing would have been honestly pretty tedious. To conclude, even though it was rather disappointing, it remains a decent animated flick and it is actually worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10