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Speckles: The Tarbosaurus

2012 · 88 min

A sincere, sometimes somber animated dinosaur saga that mixes family warmth with loss and survival, easy to follow but emotionally heavier than its cute premise suggests.

Directed by
Han Sang-ho
Genres
Animation, Adventure
Starring
Lee Hyeong-seok, Shin Yong-woo, Koo Ja-hyoung
Overview
The story is set 70 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Korean Peninsula the same way they ruled the rest of the earth. Spotty is a curious and playful Tarbosaurus child, and along with his mother and siblings, he lives happily in the forest. One day the cunning One-eye, an older Tyrannosaur looking for a new home, attacks Spotty’s herd and separates Spotty from his family. Alone, he befriends another lost girl Tarbosaur who becomes his friend and constant companion for two decades and the mother of his own children. But Spotty’s troubles with One-eye are not over, and revenge, death, fear, and sadness are all in Spotty’s future―as is happiness and hope.

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Directed by
Han Sang-ho
Genres
Animation, Adventure
Starring
Lee Hyeong-seok, Shin Yong-woo, Koo Ja-hyoung
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • grief
  • revenge
  • parenthood
Places
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Starring
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Runtime
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Languages
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