Dinosaur
Movie, 2000, The 2000s, Set in The Cretaceous
Dinosaur is #14 of 20 in release order and #1 of 20 in chronological order in the Disney Animated Classics.
The story
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Dinosaur recap
An iguanodon egg is carried away by predators and ends up on an island of lemurs, where Aladar hatches and is raised by the lemur Plio and her family. Years later, a meteor shower destroys the island, and Aladar and his lemur family swim to the mainland, where they join a herd of dinosaurs heading for the Nesting Grounds. The herd's leader, Kron, drives the weak to the back, leaving them to die, while Aladar helps the stragglers, including the old dinosaurs Baylene and Eema. Aladar falls for Kron's sister, Neera. Carnotaurs hunt the herd. When the lake they reach is dry, Aladar finds water and saves them, and Kron becomes jealous. Kron abandons the stragglers to the carnotaurs, and his lieutenant Bruton dies bringing down a cave on one of them. Baylene breaks through a cave wall into the Nesting Grounds, but its main entrance is blocked by a rockslide.
Dinosaur ending explained
Aladar leads the herd into the Nesting Grounds after the last carnotaur kills Kron and falls to its death. Kron attacks Aladar for trying to stop the herd climbing the rubble, which hides a sheer drop, and the herd follows Aladar instead. When the carnotaur charges, Aladar has them stand together and it backs off, then mortally wounds Kron, who is alone on the rocks. Aladar drives it to the edge, which collapses under it. Later Aladar and Neera's young hatch, and the lemurs find others of their kind.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Dinosaur
Dinosaur is streaming on Disney+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Fantasia 2000, before The Emperor's New Groove.
- Chronological order: first, before Brother Bear.
What to watch before Dinosaur
In release order, 13 Disney Animated Classics essentials come before Dinosaur (2000), from The Little Mermaid (1989) to Fantasia 2000 (1999).
Cast
- D. B. Sweeney as Aladar (voice)
- Alfre Woodard as Plio (voice)
- Ossie Davis as Yar (voice)
- Max Casella as Zini (voice)
- Hayden Panettiere as Suri (voice)
- Samuel E. Wright as Kron (voice)
- Julianna Margulies as Neera (voice)
- Peter Siragusa as Bruton (voice)
- Joan Plowright as Baylene (voice)
- Della Reese as Eema (voice)
- Cathy Cavadini as Additional Voices (voice)
- Edie Lehmann Boddicker as Additional Voices (voice)
Directed by Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag.