The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) (V)

Director:

Charles Grosvenor

Writer:

John Loy (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 1998 (Finland)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

When a swarm of "leaf-gobblers" devours all the green food in the Great Valley, the herds move on to find another valley of greens and in the process...

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Dinosaur | Sequel | Fifth Part | Island

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jeff Bennett	...	Petrie (voice)
Aria Noelle Curzon	...	Ducky (voice)
Thomas Dekker	...	Littlefoot (singing voice)
Miriam Flynn	...	Grandma (voice)
John Ingle	...	Narrator (voice)
Brandon Lacroix	...	Littlefoot (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Ducky's Mother (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Grandpa (voice)
Anndi McAfee	...	Cera (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Spike (voice)
Christina Pickles	...	Elsie (voice)
Cannon Young	...	Chomper (voice)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:G | USA:G

Company:

Universal Cartoon Studios

Goofs:

Continuity: When the dinosaurs go on the cliff to avoid being splashed on by the huge wave, you can see that there are many brown rocks near the edge of the cliff where they are standing. The shot changes to an overhead view and now one gray rock is the only rock anywhere near the edge.

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Land Before Time Sing*along*songs (1997)

Soundtrack:

Big Water

A weirdly good LBT

This is a good LBT, not the best, but certainly is up ahead of quite a few of the others. One weird thing about this LBT: This was directed by Charles Grosvenor and (except for LBT7) all of his later ones did not have as much action, heart, kindness or plot and story as this. Yes, some of his other ones are good as well and yes, they do have action, heart, kindness, plot and story, but not in the same way as this one. The animation in this is also similar to the films before that and it is luckily good quality LBT animation as well.?

The plot is also very interesting, gripping and a little bit more heartwrenching than a lot of other LBTs (even more so than some of the ones before Charles Grosvenor). The first ten minutes or so is very gripping and exciting, showing a swarm of "evil" locusts ridding the great valley of all green. The film goes on, everyone in the valley has to leave to find more food in the dreaded mysterious beyond. The children (Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike), go along with this. As the film goes on we see much betrayal, hard work, teamwork and hope. These feelings are expressed in a different way than a lot of the other LBTs and hopefully this will give pleasure to all who watch it (except for those who think that there should be no LBT sequels, however good they are).? ? So, enjoy "Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island". :-)?

7 and a half out of ten.