The Land Before Time
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 18, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
EmpireDavid Hempworth
Sharp animation and powerful visualisation of scale will enthrall a young audience but the clumsy cub-scout moralising feels, well, extinct. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheila Benson
Don Bluth (An American Tail) has gone to the trouble of differentiating between the species, of being careful of the scale of one in relation to another and of giving very little children a sort of primer of dinosaur lore. Read full review
50
Time Out LondonDamon Wise
After An American Tale, Bluth surely had the clout to make a more adventurous animated feature than this, with its anthropomorphic espousal of American nuclear family values and its static, unimaginatively rendered backgrounds. Read full review
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Visually, the Bluth effort is disappointingly drab and murky, and the story line may prove too thin to keep the little natives from restlessness. [28 Nov 1988, p.87]
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
For the most part, pic is about as engaging as what's found on Saturday morning TV.
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