Fantastic!

Best movie ever!

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The Ice Age series is one of the more endearing animated franchise from the past decade. The first was a heartwarming and genuinely funny adventure taking place during the time of mammoths, sabertooth tigers, and clumsy sloths. The first sequel lost a lot of that magic, but Dawn of the Dinosaurs did do some fresh things with the series. However, generally, over time, the films have gained plenty of characters, but lost most of its charm. The fourth in the series, Continental Drift, is the least exciting, least funny, and cheapest of the bunch. That's not to say that Ice Age 4 doesn't have its moments: the main characters still have their appeal and there are a few good laughs, but it is clear that the Ice Age train is running out of steam here.Continental Drift kicks off with the lovable rodent Scrat causing the continents to drift apart. The trio of Manny, Diego, and Sid are soon embarking on an adventure adrift on the open sea. They meet up with pirates (and a whole collection of new characters) and try to find their way home. The plots of the Ice Age films have gotten simpler as they go, instead relying on introducing as many new characters as possible.The problem with Ice Age 4 is that none of the new characters are memorable, funny, or charming. The effort just seems to be down here. Ray Romano, Dennis Leary, and John Leguizamo, still manage to breath some life into the picture, but the passion is clearly not there like it was in 2002. The animation is also less-than-stellar. Ice Age Continental Drift could be a TV movie and I wouldn't know the difference. It's just cheap.There are some moments of wit and excitement in Ice Age 4, but on the whole, it is an exercise in diminishing returns. Most of the passion and effort of the series is gone, leading to a generic and, dare I say, boring animated adventure. Look elsewhere for family fun.42/100

Honestly, I was disappointed by Ice Age 4. It is such a shame, as I loved the first few films of this series when I was younger, but now I think it is suffering from franchise fatigue. The jokes aren't funny and the entire film just felt like an exhausted affair. I'm just glad that they still included Scrat. He is by far the best thing in the film. I just love the idea that he is responsible for Pangea breaking apart and for also the sinking of Scratlantis. Also I don't think that the villains were well-realised. I get that this is a kid's film, but the villains seemed like they were right out of a pantomime. They were two-dimensional and not very interesting.Read my full review for more: http://goo.gl/tkl2Nu

I believe ice age 4 could have done so much better, The pros for this movie in my opinion are, Diego finally gets a love interest: thank goodness i loved Shira! an excellent new character, The comedy: i love Sid's grandmother she is one of the reasons i keep coming back to this movie, The cons however are what really ruins this movie for me, The villains: man oh man was this a total letdown really pirates?! it doesn't exactly fit with the ice age, Unnecessary characters: the teens and Louis are just some examples of unnecessary additions, and finally character roles: characters like Ellie, crash, Eddie, peaches and even Shira needed bigger roles, in my opinion the herd should have met Shira a different way, so overall it was good at times but lacked a bit hopefully ice age 5 won't suffer like this

I love this movie. It is great for families and I could not stop laughing. The initial storyline is well thought out and I liked the add in off peaches. The new added characters were great and some definitely captured my heart but one down side I think was in some areas to many are added. I would definitely recommend this and think the new idea was brilliant!The story line its self with the bases of the continental drift meant that it actually gave a bases of history and geography in a speed shot; could be good at explaining the history to children. I was planning to write a spoiler free review; however there was one area which I just had to mention so stop reading to avoid them. I thought the new love interest for Diego was done brilliantly! I loved the character and how she has the same stubborn and bad boy character as Diego in the first movie, and how she changes just like he does. I really like the flirtatiousness between the two characters although still small it was very cute. It was definitely a big plus in the story. Which added a interesting twist!!