The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild Parent Guide

Crash (Vincent Tong) and Eddie (Aaron Harris) are feeling a bit smothered by their older sister, Ellie (Dominique Jennings), so they decide to strike out on their own. While looking for a new bachelor pad, the possum pair stumble back into the Lost World, a place where dinosaurs still live under the ice. They are soon reunited with their old friend, Buck (Simon Pegg), who needs their help in stopping an old foe.

One of the most important questions that should be asked when analyzing any art is “what was the point?” In this case, I don’t think there is one. The first Ice Age came out in 2002, putting it right in the nostalgia window for people currently in their 20s and 30s. I suspect that Disney is trying to capitalize on that potential nostalgia and an Internet meme from about two years ago. I suppose this project gave a group of interns something to do since I don’t get the sense there were a lot of professionals working on this project. Perhaps they just wanted to remind people that they own this franchise? I’d call this movie a soulless cash grab, but since we can watch it for free on Disney+, I really can’t figure out why this project got the green light.

On that note, none of the original voice actors came back to their roles, with the exception of Simon Pegg. Some of the sound-a-likes do a fine job, but a lot of them are noticeably different. Even Crash and Eddie, the two main characters, are being played by different actors, which brings me back to my question: why? The animation also has a noticeable dip in quality, and the original series isn’t known for its visuals so that’s really saying something.

The story itself is juvenile and slapshot. The characters are flat and boring, the plot is predictable, and the messages are shallow and preachy. Overall, this film just feels like an excessively long episode of a cheap kid’s television show. Content wise, it’s pretty harmless, but that doesn’t make it worth a watch, at least for anyone old enough to remember the previous installments in the franchise.