Offers $200 million in special effects and a script worth about 2 cents. Still, that won't bother the picture's target audience.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
One Dinosaur that won't soon be forgotten.
– Bruce Newman,
San Jose Mercury News,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Dinosaur cuts a bland, compliant figure, its narrative and characterizations subservient to splashy feats of CGI legerdemain.
– Jessica Winter,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
You begin to get used to the film's pictorial wondrousness -- to take it for granted, even -- and start to realize that the characters and story are exceedingly mundane, unsurprising and pre-programmed.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Aurally and visually this creature feature is a treat.