Ice Age (2002)

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Synopsis

Animated. Set at the time of the impending Ice Age at the Dawn of Man, three disparate characters—a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-tooth tiger—embark on a journey together to return a lost human baby to its people.

Content elements

• Off-screen death of a mother who saves her baby
• Implied death of a villainous animal character
• Slapstick violence for humor
• Mild scatological humor

Thematic elements

• friendship
• loyalty
• tolerance
• forgiveness
• appearances
• honor
• evolution

Classification rationale

While death is an element in the film, it is in keeping with G ratings given to animated films depicting similar circumstances, such as Tarzan, The Lion King, and Bambi and The Land Before Time. Humor is a mitigating factor. There are positive messages throughout the film about tolerance, forgiveness, integrity, sacrifice, and doing what is proper.

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