with a relatively small budget for an animated film of only $ 60 million the people at fox animation and blue sky studio have do an incredible job . they have combine state of the art digital animation and the perfectly cast voice talent of ray romano and john leguizamo and dennis leary ( among many others ) to create a highly entertaining and family film with a strong message about cooperation and friendship and care for your fellow herd member . and how sometimes it take many different creature to make up a herd . while watch this film i get a strong political message about get along with the people that share your space maybe it should be require view for all world leader . david newman yet another member of the newman family of hollywood composer provide a superb score that be not intrusive yet serve to move the action along and and at time and be positively toe tapping . the overall look of the film be incredible while an intensely colour and strangely believable fantasyland of snow and geyser and mud and rock and ice . the individual character be delightfully believable too and with the facial expression of ray romano manfred be a particular treat . the entire sequence with the dodo will leave no doubt a to where the expression ` dumb a a dodo come from . this be a good family film that keep the thing that could alarm or frighten child pretty much sanitize but real nonetheless . it would be a great movie to see in the theater and to buy for home .