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Dino Time

Dino Time

Animation · Adventure · Comedy · 2012

Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her rambunctious son Dodger.

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Dino Time

“3 kids accidentally travel 65 million years into the past, are taken in by a dinosaur and must receive a missing piece of their time machine to get home.”

2012 Animation · Adventure · Comedy 1h 25m

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6.0 / 10

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Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her rambunctious son Dodger.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Yoon-suk Choi · John Kafka

Written by

Adam Beechen · James Greco · Jae Woo Park · Zachary Rosenblatt

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider

Dodger (voice)

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

Tyra (voice)

William Baldwin

William Baldwin

Sarco (voice)

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Sue Fitzpatrick (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Ernie Fitzpatrick (voice)

Tara Strong

Tara Strong

Julia Fitzpatrick (voice)

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin

Surly (voice)

Court is in session

Put Dino Time on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.