The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007) (V)

Directors:

Jamie Mitchell
Charles Grosvenor

Writer:

John Loy (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

After an incident which nearly cost Littlefoot's grandmother her life, Littlefoot learns a series of lessons which his species call "Wisdoms"...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Dinosaur | Anthropomorphic Dinosaur | Friendship | Direct To Video Sequel To Theatrical Movie

Cast

Cody Arens	...	Littlefoot (voice)
Logan Arens	...	Littlefoot (voice)
Anndi McAfee	...	Cera (voice)
Aria Noelle Curzon	...	Ducky (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Petrie (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Spike / Yellow Belly (voice)
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Loofah (voice)
Sandra Oh	...	Doofah (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miriam Flynn	...	Grandma Longneck (voice)
Jessica Gee	...	Tria (voice)
John Ingle	...	Narrator / Topsy (voice)
Pete Sepenuk	...	Foobie (voice)
Anthony Skillman	...	Littlefoot (singing voice)

Also Known As:

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

USA:76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:G | Australia:G | Portugal:M/4

Company:

Universal Animation Studios

Quotes:

Littlefoot: So how did I do it?
Loofah: Do what?
Littlefoot: Find the water.
Loofah: Same way you'll find Berry Valley. Same way we do just about everything. We just... feel it.
Littlefoot: But it doesn't make sense. If you just feel it, then you never think about it... so... how can you be sure you're following the wisdoms?
Loofah: Now you're thinking like a longneck again.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Land Before Time (1988)

Soundtrack:

Yellow Belly Bounce

The Wisdom of Friends

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends, ah, the 13th installment in the Land Before Time series, I can't believe I've seen all the movies. I love how everyone makes fun and says that there are five million of these movies, it's not exactly like they went into the movie theater or anything. Personally, I think this is all good, why not introduce our beloved characters to a new generation. Not to mention that these stories are a small way of teaching kids how to act. I'd rather have my child watching this vs. Hannah Montana, which I'm still convinced is hypnotizing children to become Miley Cyrus's trained soldiers. But it's good to see the gang together once again in this fun little story about sharing.

Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Petrie and Ducky are excited to meet two goofy and lovable yellow-bellied dinosaurs named Loofah and Doofah, who have lost their way while traveling to the distant Berry Valley. Loofah and Doofah seem to be too clumsy to find the way back, so Littlefoot and the others decide to help their new friends while sharing important life lessons called Wisdoms along the way. By the time they reach Berry Valley, Littlefoot realizes that even though the Yellow Bellies don't follow his Wisdoms very well, their silly techniques work just fine.

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends was a nice addition to the story. It wasn't by any means my favorite of the series, it does get a little cheesy after a while, but it's all good. Like I said before, these movies are bashed by everyone without being given a fair chance. These movies are just a new way of showing younger kids how to act in life, even though these are the morals that our beloved Barney has provided, I have a feeling that these movies don't insult the kid's intelligence as much. They have fun songs, good animation and our great gang of friends that are always a joy to see on screen. I do recommend this movie for the family, give it a fair chance, these movies were not bad at all.

5/10