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The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

1997 · 74 min

A gentle, song-filled dinosaur adventure with mild scares, big feelings about family, and a reassuringly safe ending.

Tagline: Chomper's back! littlefoot's pal returns for the adventure of lifetime!
Overview: The Great Valley turns barren and herds of dinosaurs have to find another place to inhabit. Cera, Littlefoot and Petrie, all kids, leave to find food and get stranded on a lush unknown island.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
family
survival
found family
loyalty
Places: wilderness
sea
Era: timeless
Audience: kids
Form: animated
serialised
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	1
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, family, adventure
Directed by: Charles Grosvenor
Written by: John Loy
Starring: John Ingle, Brandon La Croix, Aria Noelle Curzon, Rob Paulsen, Anndi McAfee, Jeff Bennett, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn
Music: Michael Tavera
Runtime: 74 min
Country: South Korea, United States of America
Languages: English

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