Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

Ice Age: Collision Course is at its best when it leans into the series’ gift for turning chaos into comfort food: a big, bright, fast-moving cartoon where the world may be ending, but the jokes and camaraderie keep it buoyant. The animation pops with candy-colored cosmic spectacle, and the familiar voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary give the herd that lived-in warmth that makes even the wildest set pieces feel like time spent with old friends. The vibe is breezy, goofy, and relentlessly kinetic—more Saturday-morning sci‑fi romp than heartfelt epic—so it’s perfect if you want light adventure, slapstick, and eye-catching visuals without heavy stakes. It’s not for everyone if you’re hoping for the sharpness or freshness of the earliest Ice Age, but if you’re on the fence and just want a cheerful family movie that keeps moving and keeps smiling, this one delivers.

Ice Age: Collision Course is clearly trying to give the gang one last big, colorful, end-of-the-world adventure, with Scrat’s chaos cranked up to cosmic levels and a brisk tour of new locations and side characters. The problem is it feels like a franchise on autopilot: the story bounces around, the humor lands inconsistently, and the emotional beats (family, growing up, settling down) are handled in a pretty mechanical way. If you’re hoping for the charm and tight comedy of the earlier films, this one may feel noisy and overstuffed rather than genuinely funny or fresh. That said, younger kids and longtime fans who just want familiar voices, bright animation, and low-stakes slapstick may still find it perfectly watchable.