Ice Age
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This digitally animated movie, filled with a cast of charming, funny critters from long ago, is family entertainment at its most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Ice Age never matches the brilliance of ''Toy Story'' or the heartfelt heft of ''Shrek,'' but it's an antic and sweet-spirited pleasure. Read full review
80
NewsweekDavid Ansen
A clever, pleasingly sentimental tale of prehistoric times.
80
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
No matter your age, this is one great AGE to be at. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Marvelously funny. Read full review
80
BBCJane Crowther
Though the narrative style of Ice Age has been around for almost as long, superb animation, a droll script, and excellent vocal talents make this a compelling and surprisingly moving addition to the computer-generated canon (where it sits alongside the likes of "Monsters, Inc." and "Shrek"). Read full review
80
EmpireIan Freer
It may lack the fine-tuned inventiveness of Toy Story or the knowingness of Shrek, but it still delivers solid laughs and thrills wrapped up in an infectious sense of character. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The coolest animation in town. Read full review
75
USA TodayMike Clark
A minor delight but a delight just the same. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A pleasure to look at and scarcely less fun as a story. I came to scoff and stayed to smile. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
It's a fast, funny picture, and the worst thing you can say about it is that it's no "Toy Story," no "Shrek." That may be true, but one thing Ice Age proves is that the new digitized cartoons are a form whose time has come. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
They center on the devilishly clever, exceedingly enjoyable interludes featuring the aforementioned rodent in situations and circumstances that recall the great animated work of the recently departed Chuck Jones. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Its story, characters, dialogue, humor and voice performances are first-rate.
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Comes closer than any other recent animated film to the Looney Tunes ideal. Just as Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny entertained without either condescending to kids or lobbing adult jokes over their heads. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
The movie’s best moments – especially those involving the futile acorn hunt of a squirrel/rat – are those in which [Wedge’s] wicked wit shines through. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
An entertaining story that, while not terribly original, is sufficiently arresting and often laugh-out-loud funny. Read full review
70
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
To complain about the lack of originality is to ignore the real wit and joy behind this very fun film. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Cute and often clever, there's nothing particularly memorable in this computer enhanced rerun, but this harmless little comedy has an unexpected warmth that melts the frozen plot. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Almost everything about Ice Age proves to be disappointingly generic. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Diverting, if undistinguished. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
There are too many moments in Ice Age when you find yourself thinking: less bonding and fewer anti-Darwinian life-lessons please; more of that anarchist Scrat. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Ice Age snaps with visual wit whenever director Wedge breaks the stale story to pieces and pumps in some bracing fresh air. So it's fitting to find, when the final credits roll, that he played Scrat.
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
How odd that some of the most appealing elements of this new animation should be action sequences as old as cinema itself. Read full review
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