4/5 Fun video for the classroom
  by Holly Lauber (Austin, TX)
I use this video in the classroom when I teach my dinosaur unit. Not only is it like watching a movie but it has a lot fo useful information packed into it. It's not very long either. This movie is great for kids first grade and up!

1/5 3D can't save this boring disaster
  by Nathan Risto (St. Peter, MN United States)
This weekend my family and I were duped into seeing this in 3D at IMAX. My children, 3 year old twin boys fascinated with Dinosaurs, caught a glimpse of the advertising and begged to see it. Thinking "Watching T-Rex walk around in 3D should be quite fun for them". Think again.

At some point around 20-25 minutes into the movie, I started thinking about the scene in Jurassic Park where Ian Malcom says something to the effect of, "You are going to have Dinosaurs on your Dinosaur tour?"

This is actually a story about an annoying girl, in conflict with her unloving father, who won't make time for her, who won't allow her to dig for bones in the dirt, and ridicules her theories about Dinosaurs. At some point along the way, the girl travels back in time. Of course she is only there to see glimpses of more boring Dinosaurs and lots of trees and vegetation.

When she time travels, she can only manage to stay in a place of interest for no more than say 30-60 seconds tops. Then back to boringville to ponder why these things are happening to her.

Most of her time traveling is back to talk to some old painters and paleontologists (very boring people) and not even Dinosaurs at all. Finally at the end she has a brief time travel to see the very passive T-Rex, which even that manages to be boring.

The acting was terrible also. None of the people felt real or genuine.

In the end my kids hated it, and at their age, there isn't much they don't like. Even the use of 3D couldn't save this disaster. I feel robbed of my money. The people at IMAX should feel ashamed and embarrassed of themselves.

1/5 not what I thought
  by MJ (USA)
When I purchased this, I didn't realize it was more of a teaching video, rather than an actual movie, seeing Peter Hortons name, I thought it was a full scale movie, I was not impressed. Obviously not aware of the content.

5/5 for those of you who didn't see it in 3-D
  by David Johnson (L.A.)
I saw it in IMAX at Universal Studios Hollywood. I admit it was much better that way because that it is the way it was meant to be seen. I believe they did a great job, the story wasn't poor by any means but until you see it in 3-D, don't bother to make a comment about it. I thought it was was one of the best IMAX movies I've seen, but it should be watched as it was intended by the creators. DLJ.

3/5 Nice see it one time movie
  by ophidian (Peoria, Az United States)
This movie has two things going for it; the last 10 minutes and a wonderful William Ross score. Seeing it on the actual 3-D Imax for the first time was great. However, on the dvd, with the special effects of the big screen omitted, leaves much to be desired.