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Critics Find 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' Really, Really Boring

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Ice Age 18: Continental Drift will be released tomorrow, and if you have children you will likely be going to see it this weekend. So prepare yourself, as critics seem to find it pretty innocuous and very boring. Maybe just let the kids fend for themselves and sneak off to see Beasts of the Southern Wild.

To the reviews.

"It may be too much to expect novelty — then again, why shouldn’t we? — but a little more conviction might be nice. Continental Drift, like its predecessors, is much too friendly to dislike, and its vision of interspecies multiculturalism is generous and appealing. But it is not my impression that the Ice Age movies have inspired the kind of devoted affection that clings to some other recent animated entertainment. Which may make it a bit cruel of Fox to lead with that instantly, durably lovable Simpsons short." - NY Times

"Ice Age: Continental Drift is the fourth film to feature the adventures of the post-dinosaur, pre-caveman pals Manny the wooly mammoth, Sid the sloth and Deigo the sabertoothed tiger, but Fox has been smart enough not to put a number in the title. Without the number, how are parents to realize how much of their, and their precious children’s, precious time has already been spent with these annoying creatures?" - Time

"Ice Age: Continental Drift will perhaps be a delight for little kids, judging by their friendly reaction at a Saturday morning sneak preview I attended. Real little kids. Real, real little kids. I doubt their parents will enjoy it much, especially after shelling out the extra charge for the 3-D version." - Chicago Sun-Times

"It’s familiar, drawn-out shtick, and the humor lacks the subtlety of the first and best Ice Age, but there are some visually inventive high points." - THR

"A dreary plot, but the film keeps throwing things at you, like a colorful ape pirate (Peter Dinklage) and a fun hallucination sequence. That said, the laughs are starting to feel prehistoric." - EW

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