XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Michael_Elliott The Land Before Time (1988) *** (out of 4)Nice animated movie has a group of young dinosaurs going off on their own to try and find the Great Valley after their land is destroyed by a major earthquake. The dinosaurs put their differences aside to go out and find this legendary land.THE LAND BEFORE TIME is a good animated movie that ended up turning into a massive series, which to date has fourteen movies. The film was released during a period where there really weren't too many major animated movies and it turned out to make a nice profit for the studio. I'm going to stop well short of calling this a great movie or a classic but at just 68-minutes it's certainly entertaining enough to make it worth viewing.For the most part I thought the adventure of the story was good enough to hold your attention. Once the earthquake happens and the dinosaurs are off on their voyage, the film really picks up with some good action scenes. Another plus is that the dinosaurs are cute enough to where you want to watch them do their thing as they add to the entertainment value. The animation itself isn't the greatest that you're going to see but it's certainly good enough for the material.

Python Hyena The Land Before Time (1988): Dir: Don Bluth / Voices: Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Will Ryan, Judith Barsi, Helen Shaver: To a child this animation may strike an adventurous cord, but to an adult it is just a bunch of voice actors whining for ninety minutes. The plot regards a few baby dinosaurs who must travel together to find that sacred land told to them by their parents. After a violent earthquake these kids became separated from their parents. Now they must band together and try to avoid the jaws of the lethal T-Rex. The plot concept has appeal but it wears thin once it becomes a walking road movie. We know where the story is heading but the biggest headache are the characters themselves. There is not one dinosaur here that rises above cardboard level. Littlefoot the brontosaurus seems to be the leader but his arguments with the stubborn Cera the triceratops get really annoying after a certain point. Ducky is a saurolophus, Petrie is the timid pteranodon, and spike is the stegosaurus who says nothing because every other character sounds enough like a moron for him to chime in. don The voice talents are no saving grace in this department either since everyone sounds like an idiot. Bluth directs and the animation is on par with most Disney animations but this is no Fantasia. It contains a strong friendship theme within a story that should be extinct from memory fast. Score: 5 / 10

FilmBuff1994 The Land Before Time is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a terrific voice cast that really suit their characters personality.The movie is very short,only being about an hour and ten minutes long,so if you're looking for a quick but enjoyable family film then I would definitely recommend this.It says in the trivia that a lot of scenes were removed because they seemed too dramatic for children,I think they should have kept these scenes because it would have developed the characters some more and make the movie longer,it's up to the parents to decide whether it's alright for their kids to watch it or not.You will fall in love with these characters very early on and support them throughout,they are very sweet and lovable.The Land Before Time is a very enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good family film or animation. An orphaned brontosaurus and his friends fend for themselves as they venture towards safety.

Emma Jones This movie is very short at just over an hour long and it is a shame that a lot of bits that were deemed too 'violent' were edited out of it. Another bad thing that stopped me giving it a 10/10 was that the continuity wasn't great in a part which had obviously been edited. It has wonderful animation though, and the score is just beautiful, the plot is great and you will cry if you are lucky. There is a lot of character development considering how short the movie is and it can be interpreted in different ways. I personally believe that the plot of the movie was slightly different before it was edited, possibly having more death. One of the main themes of the movie is that if you stick together with friends and use your various talents, you can do anything and come through trials and tribulations easier than if you go alone. A must see for any child over 5.