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The Good Dinosaur

2015

Peter Sohn

Animation, Voice: Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand ...

6.2

17,245

Animation. Comedy. Adventure What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?

	Media	Author	Review
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"As Pixar productions go, this one isn't a groundbreaker, but it's heartfelt and endearing, as well as visually splendiferous, and kids will love it for sure"
		Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"'The Good Dinosaur' has an original concept, disarming emotional heft and features the most impressive visuals in animated cinema to date."
		Justin Chang Variety	"Cross-species bonding may have its limits, but it's hard not to find beauty in a boy-meets-beast saga that, by the end, has made it hard to tell which is which."
		Rafer Guzmán Newsday	"On a technical level, at least, The Good Dinosaur is the most dazzling Pixar movie yet. As a story, however, it's the studio's weakest by far"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"The Good Dinosaur isn't as nuanced as, say, Inside Out, but it also doesn’t need to be to get its sentimental point across (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"'The Good Dinosaur' emerges as a visually breathtaking work of computer-generated animation that is ultimately unable to compensate for a disappointingly derivative script."
		Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"A fantastic and frequently exhilarating feature that showcases Pixar's greatest strengths: technical brilliance, emotional texture, crossover appeal, and an impish sense of humor."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The Good Dinosaur' mostly transcends the archetypal storytelling by delivering a steady stream of simply stunning sequences. (...) It may be Pixar’s most purely cinematic film"
		Stephanie Merry The Washington Post	"'The Good Dinosaur' succeeds on one level. It’s a gorgeous piece of art (...) But the story? We’ve seen this one before"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"It makes you wince at the fragility of life while simultaneously welling up at the wonder of it. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"'The Good Dinosaur' is wildly uneven, but you have to give it points for trying to be something different. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"
		Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"It's smart in surprising ways, daring in a few minor ones, moving in the right ones."

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