Dear Tutu: The T-Rex In Operation

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Su Da directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 5 years ago.
• 3Part of the "Dear Tutu" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5Yan Pan and Churong Fan and Qian Hu carry the top of the cast.
• 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

86 min · 1h 26m

Status

Released

Original language

ZH

Part of

Dear Tutu

A movie series for Dear Tutu

• 
  Dear Tutu: Culinary Fantasy

  2017
• 
  Dear Tutu: The T-Rex In Operation

  2021 · this one

Also by

Su Da

• 
  Big Ear Tutu

  2004 · ★ 8.3
• 
  The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven

  2012 · ★ 7.4
• 
  大鸾——周恩来童年读书的故事

  2020
• 
  Dear Tutu: Culinary Fantasy

  2017

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Shanghai Animation Film Studio

  CN

Key crew

• ProducerLi Zao

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2021-10-01

Also known as

International titles

• Dear Tutu: The T-Rex In OperationCN