Dinosaur Review
by Chad Polenz (ChadPolenz AT aol DOT com)August 10th, 2000
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
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/ChadPolenz/">Chad'z Movie Page</A> is back! New reviews of the latest movies in easy-to-swallow capsule form with the trendy, Entertainment Weekly-style of letter grades instead of the old star system. Have I sold out? Visit my page and decide for yourself ;-)
Originally posted in the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup. Copyright belongs to original author unless otherwise stated. We take no responsibilities nor do we endorse the contents of this review.
