Dinosaur (2000) ***

Directed by Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag. With the voices of D.B.Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright and Ossie Davis. It’s basically a kiddie movie, closer in spirit to Land Before Time than Jurassic Park. The story is simple (thirsty dinos looking for green pastures), little furry chimps (called lemurs) are cute, and the computer animation is (drumroll please) absolutely amazing. Most importantly, little children can learn the same valuable moral lesson their older brothers were taught in Gladiator: when attacked (by a Roman chariot or a Mesozoic T-Rex), stay close together.