Ice Age: Continental Drift's new characters/storylines are both hit and miss - things fall flat with the teens (Louis and Peaches are cute, but the young mammoth clique featuring the voices of Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Glee star Heather Morris is just an annoying attempt to capture the tween audience), but the addition of Granny is rather genius. At least Scrat gets more screen time than ever (and if there's an animated creature bound to tickle every single member of the audience's funny bone, it's the Sisyphean Scrat). The new setting (at sea) doesn't leave room for much breathtaking animation, but the action sequences are pretty spectacular in 3-D, even if the story is a little flimsy. The original threesome is now middle-aged, and with their age come new problems, particularly for overprotective father Manny. This isn't the most inspired film in the series, but these characters are like comfort food - pleasingly familiar.
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