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Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

  • Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright
  • Summary: Set at the end of the dinosaur period when the killer comet arrives, the film deals with the legacy the dinosaurs leave for the emerging mammals and the planet.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 32
  2. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. For sheer bravura film making, for creating a cartoon world with real air, flesh, blood and the exhilarating cycle of fear and escape, Dinosaur is tops.
  2. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    80
    An eye-popping visual spectacle that serves up a vivid picture of what the planet might have looked like when reptiles ruled the Earth.
  3. 60
    Dinosaur amounts to 80 minutes of discouraged Cretaceous trudging, punctuated by the occasional fight or stampede and one pyrotechnic coup: a truly thrilling meteor shower.
  4. 38
    Offers jaw-dropping visuals, but its troubling images of violence may cause this revolutionary effort to miss the evolutionary boat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. an unforgettable CGI movie from my childhood.
  2. 10
    One of THE BEST Animated movies that released back then , unforgettable jaw dropping i really cannot say enough , It of course is not one of the toy story trilogy 10's but it is in its own League with a 10 . Expand
  3. 10
    This is a spectacle to behold. Very beautiful story about an epic journey. Wonderful visuals filled with an enchanting score. The critics got it wrong big time. This is a must see. Expand
  4. I admit the CGI was extraordinary at the time for an animation. However, the story and characters were not.

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