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Wednesday
01Jul2009

'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' web reviews

Carlos Saldanha is back with "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," the latest installment in the popular animated series. The flick features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah and Simon Pegg, and here's what some of the Web's critics think about the sequel:

• William Goss at Cinematical: "All in all, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an improvement over its massively forgettable predecessor: generally inoffensive (save perhaps for history buffs), a bit more charming than most of the non-Pixar competition, and frivolous in the best possible sense."

• Mack Rawden at CinemaBlend: "Lazy, transparent, disposable and at its worst, boring, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs is a sometimes beautiful piece of animation consistently ruined by unfocused directing, bizarre editing choices, phoned-in voice acting, and a script which is neither witty nor filled with momentum."

• Brad Brevet at RopeOfSilicon: "I enjoyed the first Ice Age when the idea felt new and fresh, but it is now nothing more than been-there, done-that tedium."

Joblo's JimmyO: "Okay, maybe if I were six and had a nap and wasn’t hungry it would have made for an entertaining ninety minutes or so, but I’m not."

• Brian Orndorf at brianorndorf.com: "The simplicity is refreshing, opening the film up to hundreds of smaller pleasures and laughs, keeping the franchise on solid, inviting ground."

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