The Good Dinosaur

Plot

In an alternate history, the asteroid that would have caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event passes harmlessly by the Earth, resulting in many animals surviving, including Dinosaurs. Millions of years later, Apatosaurus farmers Henry and Ida have three children: Libby, Buck, and Arlo. While his siblings successfully complete hard tasks and are allowed to "make their mark" (a mud-print) on the family's corn silo, Arlo struggles due to his weaker physique and timid nature. Hoping to boost Arlo's confidence, Henry tasks Arlo with guarding the silo from thieving creatures, and watching the "critter trap" set nearby. The trap captures a feral caveboy, but Arlo cannot bring himself to kill him and sets him free. Frustrated, Henry orders Arlo to follow him into a ravine to track the caveboy down, but they turn back home when a severe thunderstorm begins. Henry saves Arlo's life from a flash flood, but is killed by debris.

Without his father, Arlo shoulders more of the workload. He spots the same caveboy robbing the silo; blaming the caveboy for Henry's death, Arlo chases him into the river, and both of them are washed miles downstream. Arlo is knocked unconscious, and awakens to find himself far from home with the caveboy, who ignores Arlo's initial annoyance and tries to bring him food. Arlo warms up to the caveboy after he saves him from a vicious snake-like creature; this feat impresses Forrest Woodbush, an eccentric Styracosaurus who decides he wants the caveboy for a pet. He forces Arlo to compete with him to give the boy a name he will respond to, and Arlo wins the game when he calls the boy "Spot". Arlo and Spot bond as they follow the riverbank back towards the farm. One night, Arlo laments his lost family, and Spot reveals that his own parents are both dead.

Later, when a storm strikes, Arlo suffers a panic attack and flees into the wilderness, losing track of the riverbank. The next morning, Arlo and Spot are noticed by a band of viciously carnivorous pterodactyls, who attack Arlo and attempt to eat Spot. Fleeing the pterodactyls, Arlo and Spot encounter Tyrannosaurus siblings Nash and Ramsey, who drive off the predators.

Nash, Ramsey and their father Butch are in the middle of a cattle drive, but have lost their herd of Bison Latifrons longhorns. Arlo suggests they make use of Spot's tracking skills; Spot successfully locates the longhorns, but Butch senses the presence of cattle rustlers. Arlo and Spot lure the four rustler Dromaeosaurids into the open, allowing Butch and his family to attack and drive them away. Arlo saves Butch's life during the battle; after sharing stories round a campfire, the Tyrannosaurs allow Arlo and Spot to travel with them. Once Arlo spots his home mountains in the distance, he and Spot thank Butch's family and separate from them. They later notice an adult feral caveman in the distance; Spot is intrigued, but Arlo insists they continue on.

As another storm approaches, the pterodactyls reappear, attack Spot, and carry him away. Arlo attempts to intervene, but is pushed off a cliff by one of the pterodactyls and gets entangled in vines. While semi-conscious, Arlo has a vision of Henry, who affirms that Arlo has become braver and encourages him to go after Spot. Arlo frees himself, runs through the storm until he catches up to the pterodactyls, and, with Spot's help, he fights them off and sends them floating down a river. Spot is also knocked into the river, just as a landslide triggers a megatsunami. Arlo leaps into the water to shield Spot, and the two are washed over a waterfall. Arlo drags himself and Spot to the shore, where they rest before continuing on.

As they approach Arlo's home, the caveman returns with his wife and children. They and Spot show great interest in one another, so Arlo reluctantly encourages Spot to go with this new family instead of staying with him. The two share a heartfelt goodbye, and Arlo returns home to his overjoyed family, making his mark between those of his father and mother on the silo.

Voice cast

• Raymond Ochoa as Arlo, a 10-year-old Apatosaurus
  • Jack McGraw as Young Arlo
• Jack Bright as Spot, a 7-year-old human caveboy who befriends Arlo
• Sam Elliott as Butch, a Tyrannosaurus who runs a "ranch" filled with prehistoric "longhorns"
• Anna Paquin as Ramsey, Butch's daughter
• A. J. Buckley as Nash, Butch's son
• Jeffrey Wright as Poppa Henry, the father of the Apatosaurus family
• Frances McDormand as Momma Ida, the mother of the Apatosaurus family
• Marcus Scribner as Buck, Arlo's older brother
  • Ryan Teeple as Young Buck
• Maleah Padilla as Libby, Arlo's older sister
• Steve Zahn as Thunderclap, the leader of a gang of pterodactyls
• Peter Sohn as Forrest Woodbush, a Styracosaurus who has various animals perched on his horns
• Dave Boat as Bubbha, the leader of a gang of Dromaeosaurid rustlers
• Mandy Freund as Downpour, from Thunderclap's flock
• Steven Clay Hunter as Coldfront, from Thunderclap's flock
• Hank Azaria as Frostbite, who is the brother of Coldfront and from Thunderclap's flock
• Alan Tudyk as Windgust, from Thunderclap's flock
• Carrie Paff as Lurleane, a Dromaeosaurid who is a member of Bubbha's pack
• John Ratzenberger as Earl, a Dromaeosaurid who is a member of Bubbha's pack
• Calum Mackenzie Grant as Pervis, a Dromaeosaurid who is a member of Bubbha's pack

Production

Development

In 2009, Bob Peterson came up with the idea of exploring how dinosaurs are represented in the modern day. Soon afterwards, Peterson and Peter Sohn began working on the film. On June 20, 2011, Disney announced that an untitled Pixar animated film would be released on November 27, 2013.

The project was referred to as The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs at the D23 Expo on August 21, 2011, which revealed the plot, director and co-director, producer, and other small details. On April 24, 2012, Pixar officially revealed the film's title as The Good Dinosaur.

Peterson stated: "It's time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it's really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur." He said that his inspiration for the film came from a childhood visit to the World's Fair where he was impressed by "dinosaur animatronics." Sohn described the film's title as "deceptively simple", which "has more meaning than it seems". He additionally explained: "Arlo has a lot of issues when he's born. He's fearful and he's weak and he's disconnected from the family because of these issues and he feels like he's not worthy, and so he finds a way to become worthy."

In April 2012, Pixar announced that the film's release date had been shifted from November 27, 2013, to May 30, 2014, with Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen taking its place. On August 9, 2013, it was announced at the D23 Expo that Lucas Neff, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer, and Bill Hader had joined the cast of the film.

Revisions

By mid 2013, Peterson had been removed from the film due to story problems Peterson could not solve in the films' third act. Peterson moved on to another project he developed at Pixar while Ream replaced producer John Walker, who left to work on Disney's own Tomorrowland. John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Mark Andrews, and Sohn stepped in temporarily to work on various sections of the film. In September 2013, The Good Dinosaur was pushed back from May 30, 2014 (the originally scheduled release date for Inside Out which was eventually moved to 2015), to November 25, 2015 (the scheduled release date for Pixar's Finding Dory). In November 2013, due to the delay, Pixar laid off 67 employees of its 1,200-person workforce, following the closure of Pixar Canada a month before, when about 80 employees had been laid off, officially to refocus Pixar's efforts at its main headquarters.

In August 2014, Lithgow revealed in an interview that the film had been dismantled and "completely reimagined" and that he was expected to rerecord his role in the next month while mentioning that McDormand was still part of the film. In October 2014, Sohn was announced as the new director of the film. In November 2014, it was reported that new elements had been added to the story, such as treating nature as the film's antagonist.

In June 2015, it was announced that the majority of the cast had been revised. Of the original cast, only McDormand retained her role in the film. It was revealed that Neff had been replaced by Raymond Ochoa, and Lithgow had been replaced by Jeffrey Wright. Arlo's three siblings, to be voiced by Harris, Hader, and Greer had been cut down to a single brother named Buck, voiced by Marcus Scribner, and later, a sister named Libby, voiced by Maleah Padilla. It was also confirmed that the farmer aspect was still part of the film.

Design and setting

The filmmakers wanted nature to be the antagonist for the main character Arlo. Ream noted "Nature can overcome anything, including a massive dinosaur." In order to achieve the needed realism, the film's team traveled to the American Northwest, spending time in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Juntura, Oregon, and southern Montana. Production designer Harley Jessup stated that the film "has a fantastic variety of landscapes," which ranged "from the Jackson Valley and the Tetons to the amazing geysers and waterfalls in Yellowstone," as the filmmakers "studied the grasslands of Montana and the Red Desert" and used them to incorporate into the film. To use the landscapes that they had experienced, the filmmakers used data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and satellite images from Google Earth. The geographical data provided a foundation that the team then built on. According to supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi, this gave Sohn "the freedom to shoot in any direction he wanted to make the world feel big and real." In addition, The Good Dinosaur features three-dimensional, volumetric clouds. In previous Pixar films, clouds have been "painted" onto the sets. Lighting cinematographer Sharon Calahan described the storm clouds "are almost like a villain in the film", and appeared "in almost every scene." Calahan also noted "These particular clouds can be rendered and we can light them, which we've never been able to properly do before."

According to the filmmakers, the environments and landscapes in the film are not photo-realistic, they are just detailed in a way that advanced technology and style decisions allow. In terms of animating Arlo, directing animator Rob Duquette Thompson and animation character developer Kevin O'Hara went to a zoo and shot video of elephants in motion. A system where Arlo's head goes up and his chest goes down when his hips goes up, was therefore created. To get an idea of the scale of Arlo, a complete full-size model was built out of card and foam core. In total The Good Dinosaur took up 300TB of server space, ten times as much space as Monsters University (2013).

Arlo was designed so that the audience could identify with him and be able to see the "boy" inside the dinosaur. Since The Good Dinosaur is set in a world in which dinosaurs never became extinct, they were instead able to evolve. Herbivores like Arlo and his family become farmers, and carnivores like the T. rex become ranchers. Because they are meant to be reminiscent of cowboys, when the T. rex run, their lower bodies mimic a galloping horse, while their upper bodies have the feel of a riding cowboy. To help inspire Butch's physical look and performance, the filmmakers looked at classic film cowboys such as characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance.

Music

Main article: The Good Dinosaur (soundtrack)

The film's score was composed by Mychael Danna and his brother, Jeff, It marks the first Pixar film to be scored by two composers. Danna was approached by Sohn and Ream due to his score for Life of Pi (2012), which won an Academy Award.

Release

Prior to the film's release on November 19, 2015, The Good Dinosaur: Dino Crossing, a mobile arcade-style game, was released. The game, later also available on Kindle Fire, was no longer available, according to Common Sense Media; while a figure of Spot and Power Discs of Arlo, Ramsey, Nash, and Butch were also released for Disney Infinity 3.0.

The Good Dinosaur was theatrically released on November 25, 2015. Before the rescheduling from 2014 to 2015, a Monsters University short film titled Party Central was set to accompany the film but was instead shown with the theatrical release of Disney's Muppets Most Wanted. In April 2015, it was announced that a new Pixar short, Sanjay's Super Team, directed by Sanjay Patel, would be shown in front of The Good Dinosaur instead. The film received an exclusive run at the Grand Rex in Paris a week before its U.S. and European premiere.

Home media

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released The Good Dinosaur on Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray 3D and digital download on February 23, 2016. Blu-ray bonus features include Sanjay's Super Team, audio commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, and the "Hide and Seek" short promotional clip. In 2019, The Good Dinosaur was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

In its first week, The Good Dinosaur sold 686,656 DVDs and 726,042 Blu-rays as the most sold film on both formats in the United States. That same week, The Good Dinosaur topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as the dedicated Blu-ray sales chart. Overall, The Good Dinosaur sold 1.8 million DVDs and 1.3 million Blu-rays, adding them up to get a total of 3.1 million copies, and made $64.2 million through home media releases. It was the eighth best-selling film of 2016.

Reception

Box office

The Good Dinosaur grossed $123.1 million in the United States and Canada and $209.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $332.2 million against a production budget of $175–200 million. With a budget of $350 million including marketing, Walt Disney Studios was estimated to have lost $85 million unadjusted for inflation, becoming Pixar's first film not to break even in its theatrical run, with some publications labeling the film a "box-office bomb" or "flop".

Released alongside Creed and Victor Frankenstein, as well as the wide releases of Brooklyn, Spotlight, and Trumbo, on November 25, 2015, The Good Dinosaur made $9.8 million on its first day, including $1.3 million from Wednesday night previews. It went on to take second place over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 with $56 million from 3,749 theaters. Its second weekend saw the box office drop by 60% to $15.5 million, and The Good Dinosaur grossed another $10.3 million the following weekend. The Good Dinosaur completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on April 7, 2016.

Worldwide, The Good Dinosaur made $29.8 million in its opening weekend in 39 markets, including 8 significant countries. Unlike the US, where it had the benefit of the Thanksgiving weekend, it did not have the same benefit internationally. Rather, its release date was designed to set it up to run through Christmas and New Years. The top countries were the United Kingdom ($7.8 million), Mexico ($6.7 million), France ($6 million), Argentina ($3.8 million), and Russia ($3.7 million). Of those, it opened at No. 1 in Mexico, Argentina, and Russia. The film's top international markets were the United Kingdom ($22.5 million), France ($18 million), Japan ($14.9 million), Mexico ($13.2 million), and Brazil ($11.8 million).

Critical response

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times described it as "antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters and some of the most beautiful landscapes ever seen in a computer animated film." Manohla Dargis of The New York Times felt the film "has a few things on its mind, but its tone is overwhelmingly playful, not hectoring." Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal opined that "As Pixar productions go, this one isn't a groundbreaker, but it's heartfelt and endearing, as well as visually splendiferous, and kids will love it for sure." Justin Chang of Variety wrote "Clever and cloying by turns, it's a movie that always seems to be trying to evolve beyond its conventional trappings, and not succeeding as often as Pixar devotees have come to expect". Many of the reviewers praised the sophistication of its nearly photorealistic backgrounds.

Christopher Orr of The Atlantic felt it to be the studio's first film explicitly targeted towards children, though it is "by no means a bad movie [...] It's a simple story, well-told." Mark Feeney, writing for The Boston Globe, felt similarly, deeming it a "very middling movie [...] The Good Dinosaur generally features a sort of sentimentality and emotional reductiveness that make it seem meant for small children as no previous Pixar movie has." The Washington Post Stephanie Merry dubbed it "a nice, conventional story, but it's not Pixar-level imaginative." Richard Roeper, for the Chicago Sun-Times, felt it was "one strange, aggressively gross and dark adventure [...] Inconsistent and weird, The Good Dinosaur is second-level Pixar all the way." Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter panned its "disappointingly derivative" screenplay. Mark Kermode of The Guardian says "But however much it may delight on a scene-by-scene basis, The Good Dinosaur never comes together as a coherent whole, a crucial flaw for a film by Pixar, which has always put story first."

Accolades

Notes

References

References

1. Chang, Justin. (November 13, 2015). "Film Review: 'The Good Dinosaur'".
2. "The Good Dinosaur".
3. "The Good Dinosaur".
4. "The Good Dinosaur".
5. Tiples, Dondi. (July 22, 2015). "Pixar Releases Trailer for 'The Good Dinosaur' (Video)". [[The Christian Post]].
6. Brown, Tracy. (June 12, 2015). "New 'The Good Dinosaur' voice cast announced".
7. (June 17, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' Preview: How John Ford and Hayao Miyazaki Helped Inspire Pixar".
8. (November 10, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' Official Character Descriptions".
9. Credited as "Pet Collector"
10. Dougherty, Robert. (October 12, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' Characters Receive Profiles".
11. (September 17, 2015). "How Pixar created the beautiful, dangerous world of 'The Good Dinosaur'".
12. Finke, Nikki. (2011-06-20). "Disney Dates Next 2013 Pixar Blockbuster".
13. Thompson, Anne. (August 21, 2011). "D23 Expo Adds Two New Pixar Pics on Dinosaurs and the Inner Mind, Promos ''John Carter'', ''The Avengers''".
14. Keegan, Rebecca. (May 31, 2012). "Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' will warm up a prehistoric reputation".
15. Dickey, Josh L.. (April 24, 2012). "Disney, Pixar wrangle CinemaCon".
16. Chitwood, Adam. (December 22, 2011). "Disney Confirms The Avengers Will Be 3D, Moves Untitled Marvel Film to April 2014; Disney Animation's The Snow Queen Now Titled Frozen [Updated]".
17. (August 9, 2013). "D23: Disney Announces New Movies And Big Voice Castings, Offers Details On ''Finding Nemo'' & ''Planes'' Sequels".
18. Fischer, Russ. (August 26, 2013). "Rumor: 'The Good Dinosaur' Director Bob Peterson Is Off the Film".
19. Taylor, Drew. (August 26, 2013). "Pixar Filmmaker Bob Peterson Reportedly Off 'The Good Dinosaur,' Studio Seeking Replacement".
20. (November 2, 2015). "How Pixar Rescued The Good Dinosaur From Creative Extinction".
21. Keegan, Rebecca. (August 30, 2013). "Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur'".
22. Goldberg, Matt. (November 5, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' Producer Denise Ream on Re-Casting the Voices and More".
23. Kilday, Gregg. (December 4, 2013). "Pixar vs. Disney Animation: John Lasseter's Tricky Tug-of-War".
24. Miller, Daniel. (November 22, 2013). "Pixar undergoes layoffs due to 'The Good Dinosaur' delay".
25. (May 30, 2014). "John Lithgow Says The Good Dinosaur Was Dismantled and Reimagined".
26. (October 22, 2014). "Peter Sohn Named New Director of Pixar's ''The Good Dinosaur''".
27. Keegan, Rebecca. (November 18, 2014). "Pixar redraws the lines for 'Good Dinosaur'".
28. Butler, Tom. (June 16, 2015). "Why Pixar's The Good Dinosaur Had To Overhaul Its Voice Cast (Exclusive)". [[Yahoo! Movies]] UK.
29. Douglas, Edward. (June 17, 2015). "A Special Sneak Preview of Disney•Pixar's The Good Dinosaur". [[ComingSoon.net]].
30. Zakrzewski, Cat. (October 9, 2015). "Pixar Studios Doubles Effects In Upcoming Film 'The Good Dinosaur'".
31. Lesnick, Silas. (October 8, 2015). "The Good Dinosaur Story: Behind the Scenes at Pixar".
32. Anders, Charlie Jane. (October 8, 2015). "How Pixar Changed All The Rules To Make The Good Dinosaur A Stunning Masterpiece".
33. Sciretta, Peter. (November 2, 2015). "Interview: Director Peter Sohn Talks 'The Good Dinosaur'".
34. (November 16, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: GOOD DINO HD Stills and Fun Facts".
35. "Mychael Danna Scoring Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur'".
36. (November 3, 2015). "'Good Dinosaur' Score Breaks Pixar Mold". [[Variety (magazine).
37. Bindel, Amanda. (November 29, 2015). "The Good Dinosaur: Dino Crossing".
38. Rainey, James. (October 30, 2015). "Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' Gets Virtual Preview via Disney Infinity Game (Exclusive)".
39. Keegan, Rebecca. (September 18, 2013). "'The Good Dinosaur' moved to 2015, leaving Pixar with no 2014 film". [[Los Angeles Times]].
40. Fischer, Russ. (August 9, 2013). "'Monsters University' Short Film 'Party Central' Revealed". [[/Film]].
41. Rottenberg, Josh. (January 7, 2014). "Disney to showcase new Pixar short 'Party Central' ahead of 'Muppets'".
42. (April 28, 2015). "Pixar artist Sanjay Patel gets personal with 'Sanjay's Super Team'".
43. McClintock, Pamela. (November 15, 2015). "Paris Attacks: 'Spectre' Prevails in France Despite Cinema Closures". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
44. Strowbridge, C.S.. (February 23, 2016). "Home Market Releases for February 23rd, 2016".
45. Strowbridge, C.S.. (February 22, 2016). "Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Good Dinosaur".
46. "New Releases: Sept. 10, 2019".
47. Heller, Emily. (March 3, 2020). "A bunch of Pixar movies, including Up and A Bug's Life, come to 4K Blu-ray".
48. "The Good Dinosaur".
49. Arnold, Thomas K.. (March 2, 2016). "Pixar's 'Good Dinosaur' Tops Home Video Sales Charts". [[Variety (magazine).
50. "Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States in 2016".
51. McClintock, Pamela. (November 23, 2015). "Box-Office Thanksgiving Preview: 'Good Dinosaur' Takes On 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay'". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
52. Faughnder, Ryan. (November 24, 2015). "'Good Dinosaur' and 'Creed' to battle 'Hunger Games' at holiday box office". [[Los Angeles Times]].
53. (January 22, 2016). "'Good Dinosaur': Analyzing Pixar's First Box-Office Disaster". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
54. Arnold, Ben. (December 8, 2015). "The Good Dinosaur Could Be Pixar's First Big Flop".
55. Hutchinson, Sean. (June 6, 2016). "''Finding Dory'' Will Be Disney's Next Billion-Dollar Movie After ''Zootopia'', Probably".
56. Cades, Hunter. (January 28, 2023). "The 15 Best Dinosaur Movies That Aren't ''Jurassic Park''".
57. Legoas, Miguel. (June 16, 2023). "''Elemental'' is in theaters now. Here's a catch up on Pixar's best and worst movies".
58. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (November 23, 2015). "Katniss To Sling Arrows Into 'Creed' & 'Victor Frankenstein', As 'Good Dinosaur' Stalks Families: Thanksgiving B.O. Preview".
59. Mendelson, Scott. (November 26, 2015). "Box Office: 'Creed' Punches Out $6M Wednesday, 'Good Dinosaur' Finds $9.8M, 'Frankenstein' Is Dead".
60. McClintock, Pamela. (November 29, 2015). "Box Office: 'Hunger Games' Wins Thanksgiving With $75.8M; 'Good Dinosaur,' 'Creed' Solid Seconds".
61. Lang, Brent. (December 7, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur': Pixar May Suffer First Loss at Box Office".
62. McClintock, Pamela. (December 13, 2015). "Box Office: Ron Howard's 'Heart of the Sea' Capsizes With $11M U.S. Debut".
63. "The Good Dinosaur - Domestic Release".
64. Tartaglione, Nancy. (November 29, 2015). "'Mockingjay' Rules Roost; 'Good Dinosaur' Hatches With $29M; 'The Martian' Lands $50M In China – Intl Box Office".
65. Tartaglione, Nancy. (December 6, 2015). "'In The Heart Of The Sea', 'Point Break' Surf Into Top 5 With Offshore Debuts – International Box Office Update".
66. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (November 29, 2015). "Katniss Rules Wednesday On Track For $78M-80M 5-Day; 'Good Dinosaur' Eyes $58M-$62M; 'Creed' Punching $39M-$42M".
67. Turan, Kenneth. (November 25, 2015). "Review: 'The Good Dinosaur' is a wondrous, wacky Jurassic world for tykes". [[Los Angeles Times]].
68. Dargis, Manohla. (November 24, 2015). "Review: In 'The Good Dinosaur,' a Reptile Tends to His Human Pet". [[The New York Times]].
69. Morgenstern, Joe. (November 25, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' Review: A Warm-Blooded Jurassic Lark". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
70. Orr, Christopher. (November 25, 2015). "The Good Dinosaur: Pixar's First Movie Just for Kids". [[The Atlantic]].
71. Feeney, Mark. (November 24, 2015). "Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' lives in a Disney world". [[The Boston Globe]].
72. Merry, Stephanie. (November 24, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur' fails to live up to the Pixar promise". [[The Washington Post]].
73. Roeper, Richard. (March 6, 2016). "'The Good Dinosaur': Not As Evolved As Most Pixar". [[Chicago Sun-Times]].
74. Rechtshaffen, Michael. (November 13, 2015). "'The Good Dinosaur': Film Review". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
75. (2015-11-29). "The Good Dinosaur review – not a Jurassic classic for Pixar". [[The Guardian]].
76. (January 29, 2016). "ACE Eddie Awards: 'Mad Max' & 'The Big Short' Take Top Prizes; TV Trophies To 'Mad Men', 'Amy Schumer' – Winners List".
77. Tapley, Kristopher. (January 4, 2016). "'Star Wars,' 'Ant-Man,' 'Better Call Saul' Among ACE Eddie Awards Nominees".
78. Giardina, Carolyn. (February 6, 2016). "2016 Annie Awards: The Complete Winners List".
79. (January 21, 2016). "2016 Casting Society of America Artios Awards: Winners List".
80. "16th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations". [[Black Reel Awards]].
81. Anderson, Erik. (February 19, 2016). "16th Black Reel Award Winners: ''Creed'' Punches Its Way to the Top".
82. "Children's in 2016". [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]].
83. (October 19, 2016). "TrueTube website scores Bafta children's nominations first".
84. Tartaglione, Nancy. (November 21, 2016). "André Rieu Sets Event Cinema Record; ''Zootopia'' Wins Kids' BAFTA – Global Briefs".
85. "Chicago Film Critics: 2015 Winners Announced".
86. Giardina, Carolyn. (February 20, 2016). "CAS Sound Mixing Awards: The Complete Winners List".
87. (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List".
88. (December 21, 2015). "'Carol' leads 2015 Florida Film Critics awards nominations". [[Florida Film Critics Circle]].
89. (December 23, 2015). "2015 FFCC Award Winners". [[Florida Film Critics Circle]].
90. (January 10, 2016). "Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List".
91. Giardina, Carolyn. (February 27, 2016). "Golden Reel Awards: The Complete Winners List".
92. "Best of 2015: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard".
93. Dansby, Andrew. (January 9, 2016). "Houston Film Critics award 'Spotlight,' 'Revenant'". [[Houston Chronicle]].
94. Gray, Tim. (February 18, 2016). "''War Room'', ''Coat of Many Colors'' Take Top Prizes at Movieguide Awards".
95. Bond, Paul. (February 5, 2016). "''Joy'' and ''Home'' Honored at Faith-Friendly Movie Event".
96. (February 5, 2016). "''Straight Outta Compton'', ''Empire'', Michael B. Jordan Top NAACP Image Awards".
97. Anderson, Erik. (December 7, 2015). "Online Film Critics Society Loves ''Sicario'', ''Carol'', ''The Martian'' and ''Mad Max''".
98. (December 13, 2015). "''Mad Max: Fury Road'' Wins Best Picture of 2015 From Online Film Critics Society".
99. Kilday, Gregg. (January 23, 2016). "2016 PGA Awards: The Complete Winners List".
100. (December 12, 2015). "2015 San Diego Film Critics Society's Award Nominations". [[San Diego Film Critics Society]].
101. (December 14, 2015). "2015 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". [[San Diego Film Critics Society]].
102. Anderson, Erik. (December 2, 2015). "2015 Satellite Nominations Announced... Sort Of".
103. Tangcay, Jazz. (February 22, 2016). "Spotlight wins 4 Satellite Awards".
104. Nakamura, Reid. (February 24, 2016). "'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Leads Saturn Awards Nominees".
105. Cohen, David S.. (June 23, 2016). "'The Force Awakens' Rings Up Eight Saturn Awards".
106. "The Dark Horse' Wins Top Honor at Seattle Film Fest".
107. Giardina, Carolyn. (February 3, 2016). "VES Awards Winners: 'Star Wars' Takes Top Prize".