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The Good Dinosaur
2015 93 min United States of America PG 12+
★7.0
Adventure, Animation, Family
Director: Peter Sohn
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Description
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Budget:
$175M
US Gross:
$123.09M
Worldwide:
$332.21M
Starring
Jeffrey Wright
Actor
Frances McDormand
Actor
Maleah Nipay-Padilla
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2016
— Best Animated Feature
Golden Globe 2016
— Best Animated Feature
Key opinion
The Good Dinosaur is widely praised for its groundbreaking, hyper-realistic animation, which stands among Pixar's most visually stunning achievements. However, the film receives mixed reactions regarding its screenplay, as many critics find the coming-of-age narrative derivative of Disney classics like The Lion King.
| Production | The film utilizes breathtaking, hyper-realistic environmental rendering that sets a new technical standard for animated features. | |
| Screenplay | The central coming-of-age story feels unoriginal, with many viewers noting significant structural and thematic parallels to The Lion King. | |
| Production | The juxtaposition of hyper-realistic backgrounds with stylized, cartoonish dinosaur designs creates a visual dissonance that some find charming and others find jarring. | |
| Emotion | The film contains intense, occasionally violent sequences that some viewers find effectively emotional, while others consider them inappropriate or jarringly dark for a family film. |