The wee folk in the audience might complain that the original was better, but there’s no denying that this sweet, funny and adult-friendly movie is just the July 4th holiday ticket. For starters, the story opens to two pre-historic flying squirrels who fight romantically, albeit insanely, over an acorn, and soon we’re moving into the bored Diego’s story line (Denis Leary voice). Diego doesn’t go for the “Baby makes three” that Manny and Elie (Ray Romano and Queen Latifah voices) are having. So Diego and Sid (John Leguizamo voice) decide to take off together and all heck breaks lose! Sid adopts his own babies. And you can imagine from the title just what they’ll turn out to be. But the movie addresses today’s issues of divorce, single parenting and the values important to friends and family, so there is an underlying message. Even adoption, since Sid is clearly not the biological parent of the three babies (plot spoiler). But while Sid is annoying, and Diego is boring, it’s a new creature – a British weasel named “Buck” short for Buckminster (Simon Pegg voice) – who steals the movie.Three Tiaras
