Familiarity breeds content

They're back. Manny the lovelorn mammoth, Sid the sleepy sloth, Diego the grumpy sabre-toothed tiger and Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel-rat.

This time, the Ice Age is coming to an end and their world is in grave danger from meltdown.

But things are not all bad. Manny finds a girl, and superhuman efforts save the friends from the breaking ice.

Nicely voiced again by Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary, and with Queen Latifah joining the cast, the film has a charm of its own but few surprises.

Familiarity should engender content, not contempt.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Cert: U