Theodore Rex

PG

1996

1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

Drama

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5 Reviews

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19%

2,500+ Ratings

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No-nonsense police detective Katie Coltrane (Whoopi Goldberg) lives in a futuristic world where dinosaurs coexist and communicate with humans, thanks to the wonders of science. However, Katie isn't too thrilled when she is teamed up with a goofy dinosaur partner named Theodore Rex (George Newbern). As they slowly learn to get along and appreciate each other, they investigate a series of murders that are connected to a much bigger and even more dangerous scientific development.

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Blu B

Whoever thought taking a Live Action Dinosaur kids movie and mixing it with a buddy cop saving the world idea should have had a wellness check on their sanity. The plot is just ridiculously insane and something you come up with in a fever dream. The acting is horrifcially bad. I feel so bad for Goldberg who is just ok in this and it's so clear she doesn't wanna be there. The voice acting for Teddy is just so bizarre and miscast it's crazy. The villians are terrible and everyone else ranges from bad to atrocious. The humor is cringe bad. The cinematography is just bizarrely atrocious as well. It jus looks like your looking at a fever dream half the time. I'm watching Whoopi in a colorful garbage truck talking to her cop partner who is a live dinosaur in a hoodie who sounds like your next door neighbor. I really asked where my life was going honestly. The music is ok at least. The editing is terrible and the pacing is atrociously surreal. This never makes the live action dinosaur world concept mix with the crime drama at all and I don't think there is anyway you could make this even close to passable. Stay away from this and leave it deep in the annals of the mid 90's.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Cameron C

Jesus this was a fever dream

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Henry S

good if you want to laugh at it with a friend

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/04/23

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Willam

Such a masterpiece I don't know what can compare… Goldberg looks like she had so much fun while making this… truly a great movie, one of the best of all time…

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/23

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Audience Member

It's a bad movie but it's one of those movies that it's so bad it's good. Whoopi Goldberg does her best despite at frist wanting to drop the role. The puppets is bad. The story is too. It's up to you to decide if you want to see it or not but only see it once to get the experience of a bad movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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After gathering all the evidence and careful investigation, this was not a tough case to crack. Not as bad as we remember but there is no mistaking it. We are going to have to ask this movie to turn in it's badge and gun. ... case closed.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/21

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Jonathan R. Betuel

Director

Whoopi Goldberg

Katie Coltrane

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Elizar Kane

Juliet Landau

Dr. Veronica Shade

Bud Cort

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Stephen McHattie

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Synopsis

No-nonsense police detective Katie Coltrane (Whoopi Goldberg) lives in a futuristic world where dinosaurs coexist and communicate with humans, thanks to the wonders of science. However, Katie isn't too thrilled when she is teamed up with a goofy dinosaur partner named Theodore Rex (George Newbern). As they slowly learn to get along and appreciate each other, they investigate a series of murders that are connected to a much bigger and even more dangerous scientific development.

Director: Jonathan R. Betuel
Screenwriter: Jonathan R. Betuel
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $53.3M
Sound Mix: Surround