The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) (V)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Charles Grosvenor

Writer:

John Loy (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

Littlefoot discovers even little lies can cause big trouble.

Plot:

Littlefoot and his friends return in another adventure. But this time, they aren't the smallest dinosaurs in the valley...anymore.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Anthropomorphic Dinosaur | Direct To Video Sequel To Theatrical Movie | Family Relationships | Cartoon Lizard

Cast

Aaron Spann	...	Littlefoot (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Bennett	...	Petrie (voice)
Aria Noelle Curzon	...	Ducky (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Big Daddy (voice)
Miriam Flynn	...	Grandma Longneck (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Rocky (voice)
John Ingle	...	Narrator / Cera's Dad (voice)
Leigh Kelly	...	Skitter (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Ducky's Mom / Petrie's Mom (voice)
Camryn Manheim	...	Tria (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Grandpa Longneck (voice)
Anndi McAfee	...	Cera / Longneck (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Spike / Clubtail (voice)
Ashley Rose	...	Dusty (voice) (as Ashley Rose Orr)
Cree Summer	...	Lizzie / Bonehead (voice) (as Cree Summer-Francks)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Germany:o.Al. | USA:G

Company:

Universal Cartoon Studios

Quotes:

Topsy: Cera, are you awake? Look, I um... it's just... I, um... It's just that... Oh, this is so much harder than yelling. Look, Tria is an old friend and she doesn't have anyone. She needs protection and she's really nice. What I mean is... Well, she likes me and I like her.
Cera: But I want things back the way they were before. When you didn't like anybody and nobody likes you.
Topsy: I don't think things are ever going to be that way again.
Cera: Hmm!
[Cera sniffles and tears come out of her eyes]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.8)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Creepy Crawlies/Stupid Stompers Reprise

This is getting silly

Alright. To be honest, I think all the sequels are let down by the idea of musical numbers; it turns what was originally an animated film for slightly older children into a Disneyfied trip of cavity-inducing irritation. This one has the worst musical numbers in the whole series (some of the others admittedly weren't bad).

My biggest problem with this film was lack of plausibility. Granted that's quite a strange thing to accuse this kind of film of this late in the series, as any paleontologist would tell you, along with everyone jumping down various throats and saying, "Yes, but it's a kids film so accuracy doesn't really matter." Fair enough. I'm not disputing that.

However, the original film and its sequels up to this point were...well, at least believable within the Land Before Time universe. The idea of Littlefoot and pals raising a baby sharptooth or journeying to find a magic flower or having to deal with bullies are fine.

But minuscule longnecks...no! That really does push the boundaries to breaking point! If it had been little creatures, then this could have kept up the passable trend with the other sequels, but just what was the point in these creatures? A fair idea that was let down by a lousy concept. The reason I'm giving it three stars instead of one was that this film does deal well with a fairly sensitive issue; namely that of a single parent finding someone else and how it can affect both children and adults.

Though I could quite happily have lived the rest of my life without finding out that Cera's dad was named Topsy...