We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

Directed by

Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, musical film, adventure film, science fiction film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

G

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 449 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three dinosaurs and a pterosaur eat a special cereal that makes them smart and travel to modern-day New York City. They team up with two kids to stop a circus owner from turning them into monsters.

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What happens

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 animated adventure comedy film directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Loosely based on the 1987 Hudson Talbott children's book of the same name, it tells the story of three dinosaurs and one pterosaur who travel to the present day and become intelligent by eating a "Brain Grain" cereal invented by scientist Captain Neweyes. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio and features the voices of John Goodman, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer, Walter Cronkite, Jay Leno, Julia Child, Kenneth Mars, Yeardley Smith, and Martin Short. It was released by Universal Pictures on November 24, 1993; it was marketed as the more family-friendly equivalent of Spielberg's Jurassic Park, which was released in June of the same year. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $9.3 million worldwide, and received mixed reviews from critics: while its animation, score, and voice performances were praised, most criticisms targeted its story, pacing, and lack of character development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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