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      T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous

      Released Oct 23, 1998 45m Adventure List
      71% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 30% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs, she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the fearsome 20-foot tall, 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex, projected in IMAX 2D and 3D onto the 80 foot high IMAX screen. Read More Read Less

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Howard Cohen Miami Herald Rated: 3/4 Jul 31, 2003 Full Review Michael Joseph Gross Salon.com Instead of giving its eponymous protagonist center stage to strut and fret and sit in the audience's laps, it spends its best energy throwing a watered-down, imitation-Spielberg story in your face. Oct 30, 2001 Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim The three-dimensional Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs in “T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous” look like they could throttle the dickens out of the ones depicted in “Jurassic Park.” The visuals in “T-Rex” are so amazing that a story line isn’t even necessary. Rated: 3/4 Jul 28, 2023 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing Rated: 2/5 Jan 22, 2004 Full Review Chuck Wilson L.A. Weekly Leonard seems confused about his mission: amusement-park ride or educational film? He tries for a little of each and ends up with a hodgepodge. Jan 15, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member The movie is essentially low-budget late 1990's CGI. When the movie came out, it might have been decent. However, you can tell that it is intentionally avoiding scenes with dinosaurs and filling up its runtime with filler. The main story arc is basically an insult to the scientific method. Basically, if you don't have evidence, just make something up, and you are still unsure, try use psychedelics. The combination of "I know this in my heart" certainty combined with the now outdated depiction of dinosaurs (tyrannosaurus is shown in the "kangaroo-posture") is almost comical. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member this may be my nostalgia goggles talking but i really like this movie. its kind of short and the special effects arent jurassic park standards but it is a pretty good film in its own right. its a fun educational adventure that should occupy your time for a good 45 minutes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member It's an interesting little film, and it looked pretty great on the Imax screen from when I saw it all those years ago. The story is a little confusing, and it appears everything was a dream yet it's not... Anyway, it's a fun little film that any dinosaur enthusiast would enjoy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member T-Rex is my favorite dinosaur it is awsome. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Story, characters and plot – week, but for an Imax movie I was expecting this IMAX Effects and camera shots are impressive. A must see from this point of view. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Day: Friday Date: 8 Feb 2002 Amt: Free (JLT) Time: 8.30pm Over at: 9.30pm With: Jinesh, Ganesh, Shreekant, Ismail Theatre: Imax Adlabs, Mumbai Seat No: Free Seating Name: T-REX Imax was extravagant Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs, she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the fearsome 20-foot tall, 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex, projected in IMAX 2D and 3D onto the 80 foot high IMAX screen.
      Director
      Brett Leonard
      Screenwriter
      Andrew Gellis, Jeanne Rosenberg
      Distributor
      IMAX Corporation
      Production Co
      IMAX Corporation
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 23, 1998, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 11, 2020
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $53.3M
      Runtime
      45m
      Aspect Ratio
      IMAX (1.43:1)