Prehysteria!

We do movie night with my son (8) most weekends. He's always been into dinosaurs and I recognized the kid from Last Action Hero on the poster art. So I thought this would be a fun one for him. I was mistaken.

I can ignore generally bad acting in family movies. This however has a plethora of other major issues. Why are there multiple weird sexual situations and conversations? Why are there unironic threats of gun violence and murder? Why is the dad a total d*ckweed to everyone? But beyond that, it lacks adventure and anything even remotely pushing the plot along. This should really be called "jerky widowed dad yells at kids while he chases after a new girlfriend, while also grunting at her a lot."

The basic premise of the film, family accidentally discovers baby dinosaurs, is an easy setup for something good, but it's never delivered on. The Last Action Hero kid dancing to Elvis is truly the highlight of the film. Skip this one. Go watch We're Back, Journey to the Center of the Earth, or the Flintstones movie. All exponentially better family films.