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Discovering Dinotopia

Discovering Dinotopia

Adventure · Family · Fantasy · 2002

The citizens of Waterfall City flee for the tenuous safety of Earthfarm, abandoning their city to the dangerous Outsiders - who discover the key to Dinotopias future and threaten its survival.

Movie details

Discovering Dinotopia

2002 Adventure · Family · Fantasy 1h 27m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

The citizens of Waterfall City flee for the tenuous safety of Earthfarm, abandoning their city to the dangerous Outsiders - who discover the key to Dinotopias future and threaten its survival.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tim VandeSteeg

Written by

Paul Carlson

Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller

David Scott

Len Goodman

Len Goodman

Zippo

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Adam Whisner

Announcer

Katie Carr

Katie Carr

Marion

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Mayor Waldo

Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Rosemary

Tyron Leitso

Tyron Leitso

Karl Scott

Court is in session

Put Discovering Dinotopia on trial.

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

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“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.