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06/18/02
Dinosaur (2000)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:79
Rotten:42
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: While Dinosaur’s plot is generic and dull, its stunning computer animation and detailed backgrounds are enough to make it worth a look.
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $135,606,304
Synopsis: Separated from his own species as a hatchling and raised on an island paradise by a clan of lemurs, Aladar's life is plunged into chaos when a devastating meteor shower forces him to join a group... [More]
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Ossie Davis
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Reviews for Dinosaur
Top CriticThe fur (individual hairs are manipulated) the dino-skin effects are most impressive.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe story doesn’t matter much when a movie looks this good, and it’s a breakthrough of technical achievement.
08/07/08
It's the small details, like dino-skin, that Blu-ray really brings to life.
09/19/06
Aurally and visually this creature feature is a treat.
01/26/06
Parents, you may enjoy the scenery but remember the dinosaurs talk, so bring your earplugs.
12/06/05
It is the next generation of high technology that further blurs the lines between reality and fantasy.
04/09/05
The movie follows a rather dull tale similar to the 1988 animated film The Land Before Time.
07/02/04
The audience is left with a beautiful setting populated by predictable and largely uninteresting characters.
01/13/04
Visually, it's even more astonishing than the high-profile trailers made it look, an astonishing blend of real-life backgrounds and computer-generated characters. It's a shame that the script seems to have been wholly computer generated as well.
05/22/03
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05/14/03
It is an awsome experience, visually; on the story side it's a tad thin.
02/08/03
Sadly, there is little sign of the benefits of evolution in the storytelling itself, which sticks too closely to a narrative template seemingly dating back to the Mesolithic era.
12/02/02
Dinosaur mixes state-of-the-art visuals with bottom-of-the-barrel scripting.
11/12/02
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10/30/02
Utimately it is the look of the film that makes an indelible impression.
10/15/02
...don't expect much more than eye candy.
10/09/02
As a result of its breathtaking visual effects, Dinosaur is a landmark film.
08/02/02
Directors Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton deserve high praise for their innovative blend of filmed settings and CGI wizardry.
07/12/02
By the time "Dinosaur" offers us the sight of seemingly hundreds of homeless dinosaurs moving wearily across the desert, it's likely you will have forgotten the creations you're watching are not real, living, breathing creatures.
06/23/02
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