although nobody have ever see a real life dinosaur and the multi million dollar and computer generate replicas stomping and chomp through dinosaur appear pretty close to what scientist imagine the actual animal may have resemble . this predictable but entertaining tale set in the late cretaceous period some 65 million year ago seamlessly integrate live action footage with sophisticated and cut edge digital animation . unfortunately and all the visual special effect magic in hollywood can not make up for the depressing and often preachy dinosaur plot that recycle element from last summer tarzan as well a disney the land before time . basically and this above average kiddy opus emerge a a prehistoric spin on mutual of omaha wild kingdom tv series . nimbly direct by eric leighton and ralph ( be back . a dinosaur story ) zondag and dinosaur start with an incredible ten minute sequence that not only set the story into motion but also showcases the impressive advance in computer animation since toy story . when a bloodthirsty carnivore ( a t rex style dino with nose horn ) rampage through a herd of peaceful dinosaur that have just lay their egg and only one egg survive the catastrophe . a variety of scaly scavenger fight over this egg like the proverbial hot potato until a pterodactyl snag it and fly across ocean and continent before it lose the egg on lemur island and too . a family of primate discovers the egg and and baby aladar ( voice of d. b. sweeney ) win the heart of grouchy head lemur yar ( voice of ossie davis ) and single mom plio ( voice of alfre woodward ) . naturally and the monkey adopt this over sized orphan a one of their own . of course and disney writer john harrison and robert nelson jacob have take liberty with history . lemur and dinosaur do not co exist and but these historical error can be condone as long a they heighten the entertainment value . oh and yes and iguanadons be t rex without a bad attitude and but they can swing a mean tail in close quarter combat . all this peace and prosperity end spectacularly when a meteor shower devastate lemur island and and our animal hero must flee . aladar and with his lovable lemur family cling to his back and join up with a herd of dinosaur cross an arid desert ( like the jew out of exodus ) to a fabled paradise call the nesting ground . initially and the idealistic aladar butt head with the bossy head dino kron ( voice of samuel wright ) who be willing to sacrifice the old dinosaur and baylene and a huge brachiosaurus ( voice of joan plowright ) and and eema and a sluggish styrachosaur ( voice of della reese ) and to keep a couple of predatory carnivore at bay . aladar disagree with kron survival of the fit strategy and fight the carnivore to save these old and slow dinosaur . although the house of mouse sink nearly $ 200 million into this ambitious and eye catch epic and the disney studio should have ante up at least a tenth of their lavish budget on a story a creative and original a their special effect wizardry .