Official Australian release date: 26/12/15. Viewed: 13/12/15.
Director: Peter Sohn
Actors: Raymond Ochoa, Jack
Bright, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
Rating: PG
‘The Good Dinosaur’ is a fun kid’s
movie that has a few strenuous moments, but I saw it with a five-year-old and
she was fine, so its PG rating for “some scenes may scare young children” is
probably fair. Fairly simple plot – the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
65 million years ago just misses Earth, hence allowing mammals & dinosaurs
to evolve and coexist.
The story follows Arlo (Ochoa), an Apatosaurus, and his anthropomorphised
family, of which Arlo’s the runt of the siblings. Wright & McDormand are
mum & dad, who spend their time farming. Arlo falls in the river and gets
swept away and begins a quest to get back home and is aided by an unlikely
partner – Spot (Bright) the human, who’s really more of a puppy! Plenty of
similarities to ‘The Adventures of Milo and Otis’ and ‘The Lion King’, with
Arlo having to find his own courage before he can find his family.
There’s actually not that many dinosaurs
(a few T Rex, Pteranodons, Velociraptor and Triceratops) as the film really
sticks with Arlo & Spot. The backdrop they’re set against, which looks like
the mountains of Canada, is superb, with all the scenery seemingly vividly real
– truly exceptional CGI, with the only things looking cartoony are the
characters! Some sad bits, some funny bits and some lessons for good measure.
Overall: Well-made family film.
Gav's Rating: 3.5 stars.
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