Dinosaur
A boy dinosaur is raised by monkey-like creatures and takes on their charming, playful personality. When the dino and his family find themselves struggling for survival with a pack of dinosaurs the film turns into a preachy debate over Darwinian philosophies.
Parents, don't be fooled, this isn't "Toy Story" with dinosaurs, it's pretty much a soap opera and a horror movie meant for children. Since there's dinosaurs you know there's going to be the friendly, cute ones we love versus the huge, ugly, scary monsters that make a lot of noise and want to eat our heroes. At least that would be original, which is more than I can say for the script which is so lame and boring it just keeps wandering for most of the film without much characterization or point. The battle scenes are pretty intense and will probably scare younger children.
GRADE: C
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