The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996) (V)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Roy Allen Smith

Writers:

Dev Ross (screenplay) and
Judy Freudberg (characters)

Release Date:

6 January 2000 (Iceland)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

Littlefoot's grandfather is dreadfully ill and a golden flower is the only hope to cure him, but it...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Anthropomorphic Dinosaur | Sequel | Anthropomorphism | Dinosaur

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

John Ingle	...	Narrator (voice)
Candace Hutson	...	Cera (voice)
Heather Hogan	...	Ducky (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Spike (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Petrie / Ichy (voice)
Scott McAfee	...	Littlefoot (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Grandpa (voice)
Linda Gary	...	Grandma (voice)
Carol Bruce	...	Old One (voice)
Juliana Hansen	...	Ali (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Ali's Mother / Dil (voice)
Charles Durning	...	Archie (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Tickles (voice)

Also Known As:

The Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al. | Australia:G | USA:G

Company:

Universal Cartoon Studios

Trivia:

This is the last film where Candace Hutson plays Cera. This is significant, as she is the last member of the cast in the original film to leave the series.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Ali turned to say goodbye to Littlefoot and his friends, her eyes are the same color as Little Foot.

Quotes:

Ichy: How nice! Desert! Lying right there waiting for us!
Dil: Ichy, you know the rules. Dinner first, then desert!
Ichy: What are you, my mother?

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

If We Hold On Together

Boring, uninspiring disgrace to a mostly good series.

After the excellent Land Before Time 3, this fourth film comes as a disappointment. It involves Littlefoot and his friends setting off into the land of the mists to find the cure for his grandfather's illness. Also thrown in is a female young Brontosaurus. The concept of ignoring or forgetting friends for the sake of innocent love is the only interesting thing this sorry mess has to offer. It lasts the same amount of time as the other Land Before Time films but seems longer due to the plodding, uninspiring plot.

Another major problem is the film's villains, the weakest yet. Instead of dinosaurs all we get is a rather uninspiring crocodile and an even more uninspiring bird which wants to kill Littlefoot and company for reasons best known to itself.

The one really good thing about this waste of time is that you don't need to have watched it to understand the next film in the series and can therefore skip this pointless plodder and move straight on to the far superior Land Before Time 5.