The Land Before Time (1988)

A Disappointing Continuation

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is greatly appreciated by me! I love this movie! The animation is awesome! The voice actors are great! I love it!

My siblings and I loved and quoted this movie as kids, and nothing has changed with my 3 and 5 year old.

The Land Before Time (1988) *** (out of 4)Nice animated movie has a group of young dinosaurs going off on their own to try and find the Great Valley after their land is destroyed by a major earthquake. The dinosaurs put their differences aside to go out and find this legendary land.THE LAND BEFORE TIME is a good animated movie that ended up turning into a massive series, which to date has fourteen movies. The film was released during a period where there really weren't too many major animated movies and it turned out to make a nice profit for the studio. I'm going to stop well short of calling this a great movie or a classic but at just 68-minutes it's certainly entertaining enough to make it worth viewing.For the most part I thought the adventure of the story was good enough to hold your attention. Once the earthquake happens and the dinosaurs are off on their voyage, the film really picks up with some good action scenes. Another plus is that the dinosaurs are cute enough to where you want to watch them do their thing as they add to the entertainment value. The animation itself isn't the greatest that you're going to see but it's certainly good enough for the material.

The Land Before Time was one of my favorite movies growing up, and it still is. The magic of this timeless adventure never gets old and when I watch it, it brings back a lot of memories. This movie (and Jurassic Park) is what got me to love dinosaurs in the first place.This story comes from the minds of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and I have to say it is one of their greatest cartoon movies that I have ever seen. The story is about a young brontosaurus who's family is traveling to a paradise on earth known as the great valley, but trouble comes when a "Sharp tooth" or Tyrannosaurus Rex attacks, injures his mother, and she eventually dies. Now alone, Little Foot as he is known journeys on his own and eventually runs into Cera a Triceratops, Ducky a duck billed dinosaur, Spike a Stegosaurus, and Petry Pteranodon. Together they journey and have there ups and downs but eventually become good friends. And Together they defeat Sharp Tooth and make it to the great valley.This childhood classic will never get old for me and no matter how old I get I will continue to watch it. And hopefully I can share it with my own children someday. It's a good movie and a good story, kids might get frightened with Sharp Tooth as the film makes him out to be kind of scary, but all in all it's a good story that teaches life lessons of not giving up, friendship, having to not always be right and making mistakes, and having hope for the future. I consider this Lucas's and Spielberg's greatest Kids film, the part where Little Foot loses his mother is heartbreaking and one of the most sad parts of the film. But The Land Before Time is a fun adventure that you will not only love but your kids will love. 10/10 for The Land Before Time