The scenarists provide plenty of energetic banter, but they also seem afraid to tweak the formula, so they introduce a slew of new characters who waltz through and whom we hardly get to know rather than further developing or evolving the central characters.

The timid but pleasing screenplay by Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs employs the same basic theme as its three predecessors - the importance of family. Rather, it is careful and adept execution that keeps this one afloat and helps it to deliver the goods. But reprise rather than surprise is the modus operandi: it's difficult for this fourth outing to convey any feeling of freshness or originality. Yep, pirates - which makes about as much historical sense as the dinosaurs who roamed through the previous sequel.ĭirectors Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier combine characteristic character charm, visual wit, and brisk pacing to tell their basic story.

In this watery-adventure sequel, Manny and his friends get separated from Manny's loved ones when their continent is set adrift, and they must use an iceberg as a ship as they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates.

He's still hunting for that elusive, prized acorn, but here in a way that causes the land masses to shift, the continents to split, the ice to separate, and the narrative to kick in. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, and John Leguizamo are back as the lead voices of the mammalian chums (woolly mammoth Manny, sabre-tooth tiger Diego, and upbeat sloth Sid, respectively), and they're joined by Queen Latifah as Manny's mate, Ellie Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a white-tiger love interest for Diego Keke Palmer as Peaches, Manny's rebellious teenage daughter Wanda Sykes as Sid's toothless, curmudgeonly grandmother, Granny and Peter Dinklage, contributing the film's most inspired voiceover work, as the villainous orangutan, Captain Gutt.Īnd, of course, Scrat the peripheral squirrel returns, incorporated into the plot for this outing, rather than just operating in what has essentially been his own set of parallel movies. And sequel number three represents a step back in the right direction.

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