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6.5

Dinosaur

PG·2000·82m

Animation

Family

Adventure

Animation

Family

Adventure

Summary

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Cast

D.B. Sweeney

Aladar (voice)

Alfre Woodard

Plio (voice)

Ossie Davis

Yar (voice)

Max Casella

Zini (voice)

Hayden Panettiere

Suri (voice)

Samuel E. Wright

Kron (voice)

Julianna Margulies

Neera (voice)

Peter Siragusa

Bruton (voice)

Joan Plowright

Baylene (voice)

Della Reese

Eema (voice)

Cathy Cavadini

Additional Voices (voice)

Edie Lehmann Boddicker

Additional Voices (voice)

Matt Adler

Additional Voices (voice)

Sandina Bailo-Lape

Additional Voices (voice)

Zachary Bostrom

Additional Voices (voice)

Chelsea Russo

Additional Voices (voice)

Holly Dorff

Additional Voices (voice)

Greg Finley

Additional Voices (voice)

Jeff Fischer

Additional Voices (voice)

Barbara Harris

Additional Voices (voice)

David Zyler

Additional Voices (voice)

Susie Stevens-Logan

Additional Voices (voice)

David McCharen

Additional Voices (voice)

Tracy Metro

Additional Voices (voice)

Daran Norris

Additional Voices (voice)

Bobbi Page

Additional Voices (voice)

Noreen Reardon

Additional Voices (voice)

Evan Sabara

Additional Voices (voice)

Aaron Spann

Additional Voices (voice)

Andrea Baker

Additional Voices (voice)

John Walcutt

Additional Voices (voice)

Camille Winbush

Additional Voices (voice)

Billy West

Additional Voices (voice)

Crew

Director

Eric Leighton

Director, Story

Ralph Zondag

Head of Story, Story

Thom Enriquez

Original Film Writer

Walon Green

Screenplay, Story

Robert Nelson Jacobs

Screenplay, Story

John Harrison

Story Artist

Frank Nissen

Story Artist

Dick Zondag

Story Artist

Roy Meurin

Story Artist

Ray Shenusay

Story Artist

Darryl Kidder

Reviews

r96sk

July 8, 2020

<em>'Dinosaur'</em> is pretty impressive in parts. I felt entertained watching it.

The animation, twenty years on, is still admirable. The environments remain beautiful, the living creatures may not look quite as superb but are still nice in my opinion. The voice cast are understated yet suitable, much like everything else from the music to the plot.

D. B. Sweeney plays the lead role, portraying a character called Aladar. His voice isn't as strong as I'd want but he does a good job nevertheless. Alfre Woodard stands out slightly as Plio, I recognised her voice instantly having seen her years back on TV's <em>'Desperate Housewives'</em>.

Heftier voices and a more dramatic score would've taken this further in my estimations, though there's no doubting this is a film that has many elements to enjoy.