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Read the film reference Availability and pricing vary by region.Ice Age: The MeltdownA movie brief.
2006 / Animated adventure comedy / Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Survival is just the beginning.
What is Ice Age: The Meltdown about?
Manny, Sid, and Diego live in a valley surrounded by a high ice wall that is barely holding a reservoir. The trio must escape an impending flood.
Five things to know.
Setup
The film is set after the events of the first Ice Age film and follows Manny, Sid, and Diego as they discover the ice wall is a dam.
World
The characters live in a valley surrounded by a high ice wall, inhabited by many other mammals.
Pressure
The ice dam fails, unleashing a flood upon the valley, and the characters must find a way to escape.
Craft
The director, Carlos Saldanha, strove to make the characters' eyes appear alive and not mechanical.
Viewing Note
The film's third act may be too scary for younger viewers.
A thought to take with you.
The melting ice turns the valley's familiar landscape into a deadline, forcing Manny, Sid, and Diego to move before the flood arrives. Manny's concern about being the last mammoth gives this group adventure a personal thread beneath the physical escape.
Is it your kind of movie?
Choose it for a family animation sequel built around a flood escape and an unlikely herd. The first Ice Age helps with character history but is not essential.
Sources & scope
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