We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Directors:

Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells

Writers:

John Patrick Shanley (writer)
Hudson Talbott (book)

Release Date:

24 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

A Dinosaur Adventure For The Whole Family

Plot:

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent...

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Screw | Girl | Circus | Friend

Cast

John Goodman	...	Rex (voice)
Blaze Berdahl	...	Buster (voice)
Rhea Perlman	...	Mother Bird (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Vorb (voice)
René Le Vant	...	Woog (voice)
Felicity Kendal	...	Elsa (voice)
Charles Fleischer	...	Dweeb (voice)
Walter Cronkite	...	Captain Neweyes (voice)
Joey Shea	...	Louie (voice)
Julia Child	...	Dr. Bleeb (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Professor Screweyes (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Cecilia (voice)
Martin Short	...	Stubbs the Clown (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
J.D. Daniels	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Larry King	...	Himself (voice)

Runtime:

64 min | 72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:G | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Germany:6 | USA:G | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

At the very beginning of the parade scene, a marching band is seen holding a banner that says "Arcadia High School Marching Band". 'Stephen Spielberg (I)' attended Arcadia High School in Scottsdale, AZ.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Macy's Parade is going in the wrong direction.

Quotes:

Cecilia: [the kids are in costume, participating in the circus as a cover] Louie, I feel so silly! What is wrong with these people?
Louie: I dunno, but I've never seen so many tonsils in my life!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Serenity (2005)

Soundtrack:

Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time)

This Brought me back

When I was a kid, I loved dinosaurs. Jurrasic Park, The Land Before Time, (the original, not the crappy umpteen sequels), and We're Back especially were my favorite movies.

Now when I look at it again, I see that the movie's plot made no sense, the characters were stereotypical, and that it was sappy at the end.

But as a kid, I didn't care. What could be cooler than a singing tyrannosaurus(with the exception of Barney)? I didn't care if the plot made no sense to an adult because it made perfect sense to me. I never wondered why Rex didn't know what lunch was but instantly knew the tune of "Row your boat". I didn't see the average example of "unhappy" children and a villain that was one sided and overly symbolic. I saw some cool kids and a crazy scary guy with a screw for an eyeball that somehow had magical powers.

Because that's what this movie was and is: a children's movie. And somehow in all the critic reviews and hype and over analyzation of movies in general, I forgot what it was like to watch a movie as a kid and to just enjoy it regardless of plot and characters.

I get the same feeling from watching old Saturday morning cartoons. They were stupid, and the plots were ridiculous, but I loved them. Bring on the genetic mutants who know kung-fu and fight crime! Throw in a few aliens and you've got a good thing to eat sugary cereal to! Anyway, I guess the real reason I wrote this review was to perhaps remind people to simplify their lives from time to time, and quit over-analyzing. You enjoy more that way.