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Dinosaur (2000)

PG  |   |  Animation, Adventure, Family  |  19 May 2000 (USA)
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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.

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Aladar (voice)
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Plio (voice)
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Yar (voice)
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Zini (voice)
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Suri (voice)
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Kron (voice)
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Neera (voice)
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Bruton (voice)
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Eema (voice)
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Storyline

During an attack on a pack of Iguanodon, an egg is separated and ends up with the possession of a group of lemurs. The lemurs care for this egg and the young creature born from it, which they call Aladar. When a meteor shower hits earth, Aladar and his family must leave their homeland. Away from home and as close to danger as they have ever been, they meet up with a huge group of dinosaurs, led by Kron and Bruton. All together they are trying to reach the nesting grounds, but it's not going to be easy. Written by simon

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Rated PG for intense images | See all certifications »

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Budget:

$127,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$38,854,851 (USA) (19 May 2000)

Gross:

ESP 1,535,407,982 (Spain) (29 June 2001)
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Originally, Aladar's name was Noah. See more »

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In quite a few shots of the movie, Aladar's eyes turn from a bright green to bright blue and then back again in the next camera shot. See more »

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[first lines]
Plio: Some things start out big, and some things start out small, very small. But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all.
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On a scale of 10, it's a 12
31 May 2000 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Some of the complaints here are nitpicky things that kept me from rating Dinosaur a 14, but most are missing the point.

This is a Disney movie. Disney plots are straightforward, to reach the very very young as well as the rest of us jaded postadolescents. Disney movies have talking animals in them. And Disney characters use contemporary language. Sometimes, they're downright hip. Remember The Jungle Book? Louis Prima in the part of the orangutan, King Louie, singing, "I'm the king of the swingers, ohhhh, the jungle V.I.P." It don't get hipper than that. And Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin... I mean, if this is your gripe, then you just don't get Disney movies.

Despite what you read about the animation getting old after the first sequence, it never lets down. Disney's Tarzan was complex, but Dinosaur is insanely complex. Plot points depend on shots that demonstrate heretofore impossible techniques. And novel animation touches appear right up to the end. (Anyone who complains about Earl sticking his face in the lens just didn't get that, either).

This is absolutely a must-see--and must-see-again--film.


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