Dinosaur

2000

1h 22m

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6.5/10

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An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Directors

Eric Leighton

Ralph Zondag

Writers

Robert Nelson Jacobs(story by)

Robert Nelson Jacobs(screenplay by)

Thom Enriquez(story by)

Stars

D. B. Sweeney

Alfre Woodard

Ossie Davis

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Top cast

Aladar (voice)

Plio (voice)

Yar (voice)

Zini (voice)

Suri (voice)

Kron (voice)

Neera (voice)

Bruton (voice)

Baylene (voice)

Eema (voice)

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Edie Lehmann Boddicker

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Matt Adler

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Sandina Bailo-Lape

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Zachary Bostrom

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Chelsea Russo

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Holly Dorff

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Greg Finley

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Directors

Eric Leighton

Ralph Zondag

Writers

Robert Nelson Jacobs(story by)

Robert Nelson Jacobs(screenplay by)

Thom Enriquez(story by)

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This is quite an enjoyable, if light-weight, Disney adventure clearly designed to capitalise on the Jurassic Park themes that drove all of us dino-mad in the 1990s! Here, a dinosaur egg ends up being hatched amidst a colony of lemurs. "Aladar" is an iguanodon, who settles with his new family until a giant meteorite hits the ocean and they must skedaddle inland before the tsunami hits. What now ensues is a fairly standard series of adventures as they all try to find a new home. The visual effects are great, and the characterisations are also quite fun. The story, though, is really pretty derivative and plays very much second fiddle to the innovative standard of the animation. Pity, as over time that animation becomes less remarkable, and so does the film. Now, some 20-odd years after, the film has little to make it stand out. Still, it's good fun and quite endearing for 80 minutes.

Geronimo196728 Aug, 2023