The Good Dinosaur starts off with a promising premise: what if the asteroid that hit earth and drove the dinosaurs off to extinction missed the planet? From then, the animated movie about a young Apatosaurus named Arlo's quest of conquering his fear is a mashup of previous animated classics: from the father and son relationship from The Lion King, a kid who grew up from the jungle (Tarzan) to even Finding Nemo's adventure, Dinosaurs and humans cohabiting in the same world was fun to see and since the giant reptiles survived that asteroid, they are the dominant species and let's just say that we became man's best friend.
The Good Dinosaur does not belong to Pixar's groundbreaking films and some might even confuse it to The Land Before Time series but what it lacks in originality fully compensates in its gorgeous visual background (I saw it in regular 2D but from the way it looked, it's worth your hard earned money in 3D) and good sentimentality that hits you in the right spot. Don't be surprised if you and your kids both shed a tear at the same time.
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