Some people will say this movie isn't a masterpiece. However, those people are philistines who fail to see Matt Drummond's genius.
My Pet Dinosaur appears on its surface to be a children's movie created for the Chinese marketplace; and because of this it's saccharin and watered down with no real relatable human interactions. But, that is merely misdirection intended to hide the films true subtext, an examination of the broken american family home and the childhoods it destroys.
Whether looking at ideals through Jake the protagonist's journey into manhood or exploring the Oedipus Complex through his older brother Mike's dissent into a MacBeth like madness, as he feels his mother slipping away and falling for Officer Faraday. The film never relents on it's viewer, forcing them to look within themselves and ask, who am I and why do I smell like cats.
Why the heck didn't this get nominated for an Oscar.
Why the heck didn't this get nominated for an Oscar.