Fresh
Aurally and visually this creature feature is a treat.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Dinosaur
Discover a world you've only imagined.
2000 · 1h 22m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
Directed by
Ralph Zondag
,
Eric Leighton
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Dinosaur
Overview
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
Dinosaur cuts a bland, compliant figure, its narrative and characterizations subservient to splashy feats of CGI legerdemain.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Fresh
One Dinosaur that won't soon be forgotten.
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News
Fresh
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
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