Ice Age 2 The Meltdown
Animation, Family
20th Century Fox  (2006) 91 mins PG

6.9 (35,263 votes)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown begins were the last story ended but with a twist. The three companions, Diego the Tiger, Manny the Mammoth and Sid the Sloth are all in a glacial paradise. Sid is getting beat on by his “daycare” of children animals and Manny has to come to his rescue again. After saving Sid, Manny learns that one of the animals is preaching that the end of the world is at hand and there was going to be a massive flood that would destroy them all. At first Manny has his doubts until he notices that parts of the glacial wall are starting to break and leak. All the animals start heading to a big “boat” on the other side of the valley. While traveling to the boat, Manny, Diego and Sid come across a “family” of opossums. The family consists of two brothers, and a female mammoth named Ellie. The whole group decides to travel to the big boat together and it is one crazy thing after ano...

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Cast and Crew
Ray Romano  ......  Manfred
John Leguizamo  ......  Sid
Denis Leary  ......  Diego
Jason Fricchione  ......  Grandpa Molehog
Queen Latifah  ......  Ellie
Jay Leno  ......  Fast Tony
Director  .....  Carlos Saldanha; SALDANHA Carlos
Producer  .....  Chris Wedge; Lori Forte; Bob Gordon
Writer  .....  Peter Gaulke; Jon Vitti; Gerry Swallow
Musician  .....  POWELL John
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Crash jumps onto Diego's shoulders, as he is reaching the ground, slow motion of the film reveals that part of his face disappears. (more)

Trivia:
John Leguizamo prepared for his role by learning everything he could about sloths. He came up with the voice of Sid when he learned that sloths store food in their cheeks. (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Mr. Start: Oy, this global warming is *killing* me!
Mrs. Start: This is too *hot*, the Ice Age was too *cold*, what will it take to make you happy? Aah!
[the ice that she is sitting on cracks and she falls into the water]
Mr. Start: *This* I like!
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Awards:
3 wins & 13 nominations (more)