The Good Dinosaur

"A single kindness can change everything."

2015 1h 33m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 6,178

AdventureAnimationFamily

Synopsis

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An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

“A single kindness can change everything.”

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Cast

Raymond Ochoa
Arlo (voice)
Frances McDormand
Momma (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
Poppa (voice)
Steve Zahn
Thunderclap (voice)
Sam Elliott
Butch (voice)
Anna Paquin
Ramsey (voice)
John Ratzenberger
Earl (voice)
A.J. Buckley
Nash (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Sohn
Writers: Bob Peterson, Erik Benson, Kelsey Mann
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Sohn, shot by Sharon Calahan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jeff Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Schaffer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Raymond Ochoa and Frances McDormand and Jeffrey Wright carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A single kindness can change everything.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1979388 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Peter Sohn directs. Sharon Calahan behind the camera. Jeff Danna scores. Stephen Schaffer cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Directed by Peter Sohn, shot by Sharon Calahan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jeff Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Stephen Schaffer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Raymond Ochoa and Frances McDormand and Jeffrey Wright carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A single kindness can change everything.".
8IMDB entry: tt1979388 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 15 themes, including "friendship", "tyrannosaurus rex", "cartoon", "friends".
10Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sharon Calahan
Original score: Jeff Danna
Editing: Stephen Schaffer
Production design: Harley Jessup
Sound: Craig Berkey
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $175,000,000
Box office: $332,207,671
Return: 190% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Good Dinosaur (2015)

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Reno2016-03-04
★ 7/10
Arlo and Spot's adventure to the Clawtooth Mountain. To be honest, I have been looking forward this since the day I came to know about it. But it took so long to come out, even the Windows OS has upgraded thrice since then. After all these years, now I feel this is not what I wanted. It should have been different, especially the story. It was a fine animation, including all the technical aspect had no issues, but the story was not convincing. Seemed just like another version of 'The Croods'. In fact, crossover between these two would be awesome like the boy from this and the family from other title as an original family who lost each other for some reason. But the trouble is, both are from the different production house and coming together is a tough task. The civilised dinosaurs? That's kind of weird, but in a children's story and animation, all are fair. So I turned into one and enjoyed it. Apatosaurus are farmers, T-Rex are cowboys, yeah whole new perspective, apart from the humans who are still in lower on the chart of dominance and intelligent. In my opinion, I'm being honest with what I felt. The theme about self discovery and to throw away fear is inspiring for the little children. At a same time, it is not a freshly developed story, kind of reminds 'The Lion King'. I know they're not same, but the initial parts are, between father and son. You can watch it once or twice, because it is not a boring film, but not the best. 7/10
Chandler Danier2024-07-18
★ 10/10
Okay. I loved this up until the end. His height has been clearly defined. Wilderness in this is incredible. I love that forest canyon. Wide sweeping shots. Fun characters and good conflicts. So much crazy tension built up to the scene where everything comes to a head. And it's dinosaurs running around bashing stuff up. I once swam in a river down stream from a dam. Every moment I imagined I would die smashing into rocks and trees as a wall of water took me out.
CinemaSerf2025-01-01
★ 7/10
I know I'm about fifty years too old for the demographic here, but I quite enjoyed this adventure. It's all fairly routine as timid young dinosaur "Arlo" gets accidentally washed downstream after an altercation with a tiny human whom he quickly names "Spot". Both of these characters want to find their way home but there are a flock of pterodactyls who have their eyes fixed on a small, bite-size, snack. Despite their initial reservations, the two realise that they have a better chance of survival if they work together and so off they set on a series of escapades trying to find their way back. It's not terribly original, no, but the two characters - especially the young lad, are quite engaging to watch as they demonstrate the benefits of inter-reliance, affection and all the usual messages typically conveyed in these sort of family animations. That said, it does manage to steer clear of too much cheesy sentiment for the most part and there's some fun in the dialogue as the menacing, though thankfully quite hapless, dactyls give them quite an hard time. The animation is grand scale and colourful - though maybe a bit on the two-dimensional side at times, and the story flows along effortlessly for ninety minutes that you'll probably never remember but it's a solid and light-hearted watch.