The Good Dinosaur
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An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
What critics thought
The Good Dinosaur earns wide agreement on one front — its nearly photorealistic landscapes are among the most stunning visuals Pixar has ever produced. Where critics split is on whether the story underneath that beauty is worth the studio's name: warmer voices found it heartfelt and charming family entertainment, while a substantial contingent felt it was the first Pixar film explicitly pitched at small children rather than everyone, with a simple, emotionally reductive narrative that never coheres into something greater than its individual scenes.
“antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters and some of the most beautiful landscapes ever seen in a computer animated film.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“Clever and cloying by turns, it's a movie that always seems to be trying to evolve beyond its conventional trappings, and not succeeding as often as Pixar devotees have come to expect”
Justin Chang·Variety
“a very middling movie [...] The Good Dinosaur generally features a sort of sentimentality and emotional reductiveness that make it seem meant for small children as no previous Pixar movie has.”
Mark Feeney·The Boston Globe
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
Peter SohnDirector
Raymond OchoaArlo (voice)
Frances McDormandMomma (voice)
Jeffrey WrightPoppa (voice)
Steve ZahnThunderclap (voice)
Sam ElliottButch (voice)
Anna PaquinRamsey (voice)
John RatzenbergerEarl (voice)
A.J. BuckleyNash (voice)
Marcus ScribnerBuck (voice)Peter SohnForrest Woodbush (voice)
Jeff DannaComposer
Mychael DannaComposer
Bob PetersonWriter
Kelsey MannWriter
Meg LeFauveWriter
Mahyar AbousaeediCinematographyFrom the studio
The Good Dinosaur
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
What critics thought
The Good Dinosaur earns wide agreement on one front — its nearly photorealistic landscapes are among the most stunning visuals Pixar has ever produced. Where critics split is on whether the story underneath that beauty is worth the studio's name: warmer voices found it heartfelt and charming family entertainment, while a substantial contingent felt it was the first Pixar film explicitly pitched at small children rather than everyone, with a simple, emotionally reductive narrative that never coheres into something greater than its individual scenes.
“antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters and some of the most beautiful landscapes ever seen in a computer animated film.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“Clever and cloying by turns, it's a movie that always seems to be trying to evolve beyond its conventional trappings, and not succeeding as often as Pixar devotees have come to expect”
Justin Chang·Variety
“a very middling movie [...] The Good Dinosaur generally features a sort of sentimentality and emotional reductiveness that make it seem meant for small children as no previous Pixar movie has.”
Mark Feeney·The Boston Globe
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
Peter SohnDirectorRaymond OchoaArlo (voice)Frances McDormandMomma (voice)Jeffrey WrightPoppa (voice)Steve ZahnThunderclap (voice)Sam ElliottButch (voice)Anna PaquinRamsey (voice)John RatzenbergerEarl (voice)A.J. BuckleyNash (voice)Marcus ScribnerBuck (voice)Peter SohnForrest Woodbush (voice)Jeff DannaComposerMychael DannaComposerBob PetersonWriterKelsey MannWriterMeg LeFauveWriterMahyar AbousaeediCinematographyFrom the studio
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