Movie Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Helps Toddlers Stamp Out Fear of Life!

What will “The Good Dinosaur teach children? To not be selfish, for one, but ultimately to show that hardship and a tribulation trip through the scary wilderness results in a tempering of character, and the ability to conquer fear. Which is quite a gift, given the level of scariness existing in the world today.

With Pixar, you always get good quality. But quality doesn’t necessarily always mean good taste.

In “The Good Dinosaur,” Pixar puts plastic-y apatosauruses in a panoramic, hyper-realistic Rocky Mountain setting. I say no to this!

Because what do we end up seeing? Talking, plastic green kiddie-toy dinos (like, from McDonald’s) that work on a realistic farm out West, like they’re in a cinematically gorgeous Sam Peckinpah Western or something.

(L–R) Momma, Poppa, Arlo, Buck, Libby at the farm's silo, in Disney/Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur." 2015 Disney/Pixar