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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Wish for a dinosaur and watch all your dreams come true.

1993 · 1h 11m · G Animation, Family, Science Fiction
Directed by Phil Nibbelink , Simon Wells , Dick Zondag , Ralph Zondag

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Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.

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40%
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Fresh

In spite of narrative problems... the film's chief appeal is its central conceit -- that giant monsters... can be transformed into [ceatures] who like to play with children.

Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety
Rotten

Parents seeking innocent kiddie entertainment should know that the dinosaurs are drugged, the children are briefly transformed into monkeys and the Professor is eventually devoured by crows.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

[A] highly entertaining, relatively gentle animated feature ...

Jane Horwitz, Washington Post
Rotten

It's shallow and kind of dumb, and the animation is routine, and the story isn't much, and the stakes are a lot higher these days in the featurelength animation game.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

We're Back is an exercise in endurance -- not only is it dull, but it has such an overwhelming sense of sweetness that it threatens to become nauseating.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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