March 27, 2007
This film is good, the story is telling about T-Rex.
Peter Horton,
Kari Coleman,
Liz Stauber,
Laurie Murdoch,
Tuck Milligan
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Brett Leonard directed this 3-D Imax short feature (running 45 minutes) about a famous paleontologist's teen daughter, who's able to enter into the world of the dinosaurs. In Alberta, Canada, Dr. Dona... read more
DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001
Stats: 31 reviews
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October 30, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
October 30, 2001
Michael Joseph Gross, Salon.com
Instead of giving its eponymous protagonist center stage to strut and fret and sit in the audience's laps, it spends its best energy throwing a watered-down, imitation-Spielberg story in your face. Full Review
October 30, 2001
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
The film is the sort likely to whet active young minds to know more about the past. Full Review
October 30, 2001
Gary Susman, Village Voice
The Imax 3-D format continues to evolve toward narrative maturity, without bothering to ask whether viewers want it to. Full Review
October 30, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Has a pleasant narrative that's impressively elevated by the IMAX 3-D process. Full Review
January 15, 2003
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Leonard seems confused about his mission: amusement-park ride or educational film? He tries for a little of each and ends up with a hodgepodge. Full Review
January 15, 2003
Shelly Decker, Jam! Movies
It is for all of us who have wondered about this amazing period in our history.
January 15, 2003
Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
T-Rex may be dumbed-down science and indirect educational material, but there is a lot going on in this 45-minute movie. And it isn't ever boring.
August 20, 2002
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Dynamite 3-D dinosaurs invade an Afterschool Special-style story. Full Review
April 3, 2002
Paula Nechak, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The tepid story line sinks this 45-minute, big-screen film right into the tar pits. Full Review
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