What if the dinosaurs had not become extinct through a meteor shower? Thousands of years later, on a planet still dominated by dinosaurs, a family of apatosaurus has a small farm near a mountain range. More fearful and fragile than his brother and sister, Arlo struggles to help out and make his parents proud of him. But his fear of the world increasingly paralyzes him and an accident leaves him lost in the wilds, far from his family. With the help of a human, Arlo tries to find his way home…

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Pixar is two sides on a coin. The large-scale side produces grand marvels like Up and Wall-E, giving the studio its great reputation. The less memorable side cranks out fare like Cars, War Witch and Monsters, Inc., reminding audiences it is affiliated with Disney. The Good Dinosaur belongs to the second category. Overly simplified and lacking in imagination, this inoffensive story is unremarkable thanks to a bland script and boring characters. The moral inherent in every animated super-production doesn’t bother to mask itself as craziness or fantastic inventions – it’s in your face in every sequence and every dialog, transforming the whole film into an outdated, almost anachronistic production. Definitely not a film adults will enjoy – so those wanting to take the kiddies to a movie should go see April and the Extraordinary World instead – a brilliant movie that did not benefit from Pixar’s marketing.