ICE AGE 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U) *** (From Bournemouth Echo)

ICE AGE 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U) ***

10:49am Friday 3rd July 2009

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DINOSAURS ruled the Earth for more than 100 million years, but the third instalment of the computer-animated Ice Age series will struggle to reign at the UK box office for more than two weeks.

Ice Age 3 is certainly bright and breezy, but Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeier’s film is the weakest adventure so far, lacking inventive visuals or a clever screenplay to appeal simultaneously to adults and children.

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Sid the sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo) yearns for a family of his own so he “appropriates” a nest of dinosaur eggs.

When the young carnivores hatch, their mother roars through the camp, carrying off her brood plus Sid to her nest.

The sloth’s friends, Manny the woolly mammoth (Ray Romano) and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger (Denis Leary), embark on a perilous rescue mission. They are accompanied by the love of Manny’s life, Ellie (Queen Latifah), who is preparing to give birth to their first mini-mammoth.

Mischievous possum “brothers” Crash (Seann William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck) tag along for the ride.

The arduous quest takes the friends into a mysterious underground world where the flora is almost as deadly as the fauna and a lovable, one-eyed weasel called Buck (Simon Pegg) is on a mission to hunt a dinosaur called Rudy.

Once again, Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel steals the show with his relentless pursuit of a tasty acorn.

This time, he meets his match in the sexy Scratte, who shamelessly flutters her eyelashes to distract her rival from his delicious goal.

The scene where he inadvertently waxes his furry chest with a tar-covered acorn is hysterical.

Vocal performances are solid including newcomer Pegg as the eccentric, knife-wielding saviour who talks to a rock like it’s a mobile phone and confides excitedly, “Let me tell you how I used a sharpened shell to turn a T-Rex into a T-Rachel”.

Wholesome messages about family are laid on thicker than Manny’s woolly coat.

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