If you have dinosaur fans in your family, this movie is worth seeing on the big screen. The best part of Dinosaurs is the visually amazing concoction of real backgrounds and computer-animated dinosaurs, which makes up for a plodding plot.

Unfortunately, the creatures talk, which removes any realism the movie had going for it. If the movie's creators thought having the extinct critters chatter to each other would appeal to kids, they don't know all of their audience. My kids both agreed the film would have been much better without all the conversations.

Parents should be advised that film will likely be too scary for little kids because of some graphic attack scenes. It's not nearly as scary as another dinosaur movie, Jurassic Park, and not annoying like the Land Before Time animated dinosaur movies, where the tiny talking dinos scream excessively in high-pitched kids' voices.

Reviewed by Jo Hansen