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The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

2001 · 75 min

A gentle, snowy adventure that feels like a warm storybook, with mild peril and simple lessons about family and forgiveness.

Directed by: Charles Grosvenor
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: John Ingle, Rob Paulsen, Thomas Dekker

Overview: When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult dinosaur named Mr. Thicknose, head out to bring back their friend Spike, who has left his friends to be with members of his own species.

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Directed by: Charles Grosvenor
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: John Ingle, Rob Paulsen, Thomas Dekker

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 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
friendship
coming-of-age
survival
healing
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: kids
Form: animated
musical
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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

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Genres: animation, adventure, family
Directed by: Charles Grosvenor
Written by: John Loy
Starring: John Ingle, Rob Paulsen, Thomas Dekker, Anndi McAfee, Jeff Bennett, Susan Krebs, Jeremy Suarez, Kenneth Mars
Music: Michael Tavera
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Taiwan, United States of America
Languages: English

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