Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- breezy
- uplifting
- family movie night
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics found the animation and Scrat's comic antics appealing but broadly considered the storytelling weaker and less fresh than the original.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The melting ice and imminent glacial dam failure drive the valley-wide survival journey.
Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Crash, and Eddie unite as an unlikely family while seeking safety.
The film emphasizes melting ice, flooding, ice barriers, and an increasingly transformed prehistoric landscape.
Ellie believes she is a possum despite being a mammoth, creating a central comic mismatch with Manny.
Films like Ice Age: The Meltdown, and why
Ice Age
shared animated adventure comedy, ensemble friendship, family formation, and environmental peril
The Croods
shared family-friendly animation, animal ensemble, comic survival journey, and changing natural environment
Over the Hedge
shared computer animation, eccentric animal characters, environmental disruption, and warm found-family themes
Movie Details
- Director
- Carlos Saldanha
- Release Date
- 2006-03-29
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (10569)
Cast
- Ray Romano
- John Leguizamo
- Denis Leary
- Queen Latifah
- Seann William Scott
- Josh Peck
- Jay Leno
- Will Arnett
- Chris Wedge
- Peter Ackerman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Disney Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ice Age: The Meltdown about?
- A comic prehistoric migration turns a melting valley into a perilous test of friendship, romance, and found family.
- What is Ice Age: The Meltdown like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ice Age: The Meltdown as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Ice Age: The Meltdown violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ice Age: The Meltdown as mild.
- What did critics think of Ice Age: The Meltdown?
- Critics found the animation and Scrat's comic antics appealing but broadly considered the storytelling weaker and less fresh than the original.
- Which films are like Ice Age: The Meltdown?
- Films with a similar feel include Ice Age, The Croods, and Over the Hedge.
- How long is Ice Age: The Meltdown?
- Ice Age: The Meltdown runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ice Age: The Meltdown?
- In United States, Ice Age: The Meltdown streams on Hulu, Disney Plus.
