{"id":34055,"date":"2026-08-13T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=34055"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:50:17","slug":"paw-patrol-the-dino-movie-should-make-little-fans-roar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=34055","title":{"rendered":"PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE Should Make Little Fans Roar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 88 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature from Paramount Pictures opens exclusively in\ncinemas on August 14th<\/sup>, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may be a strange thing to read, but one day as an adult\nyou come to a point where you become far more familiar with kid\u2019s franchises\nthan you ever thought possible. Truthfully, there is little reason for anyone\nwhose age is a double-digit number to watch Paw Patrol<\/em>, the Canadian\nanimated series about a group of chatty young puppies who spend their days\noperating heavy machinery and are employed as emergency service workers. If\nyou\u2019re unfamiliar with the program or associated movies, you\u2019re honestly not\nmissing anything, but youngsters about six or younger find the show utterly\ncompelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Paw Patrol: The Dino Adventure<\/em>, the team of Ryder\n(Henry Bolan), Chase (Rain Janjua), Marshall (Carter Young), Skye (Mckenna\nGrace), Rubble (Lucien Duncan-Reid), Zuma (Nylan Parthipan) and Rocky (William\nDesrosiers) take part in a rescue mission at sea. After completing the job,\ntheir ship gets caught in a storm. They land on an uncharted island filled with\ndinosaurs, and meet Rex (Hayden Chamberlain), a dog who has survived alone on\nthe island for years. While initially threatened by the prehistoric beasts, it\nis quickly determined that they are largely herbivores. Naturally, their\ndiscovery attracts the attention of paleontologists, scientists and others, who\nflock to the island. It also draws the recently paroled Mayor Humdinger (Ron\nPardo), who wants to steal a diamond deposit located on the island\u2019s dormant\nvolcano. His attempt to dislodge the jewels set off an eruption that endangers\neveryone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third picture in the series, with each title\nfocusing on a particular pup. This time out the main character is Marshall.\nThis is a benefit to the film, as the fire-dog is one of the most charismatic\nteam members. He\u2019s well-intentioned but clumsy, leading to the central internal\nconflict. Marshall becomes frustrated with his own inability to do things\nperfectly, causing self-doubt when the situation on the island becomes\ndangerous. Of course, Marshall is eventually reminded that one of his best attributes\nis his ability to pick himself up and continue when he falls, always managing\nto get the job done. He faces his biggest test ever when his team ends up\ntrapped during the eruption with lava pouring towards them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That idea, along with nods to protecting natural habitats\nfrom being exploited, is the big underlying message of the movie. And while\nit\u2019s incredibly simple, it\u2019s a sweet one. The film skewers entirely to\nyoungsters, which means that all elements, from the plot exposition, to the\ndialogue and the humor, is very simply and directly delivered with little fuss.\nAlas, that doesn\u2019t make for high drama or tension for adults. Admittedly, most\nmight be hoping for something more to keep their attention, but this technique\ndoes speak to five-year-olds, who were all lapping it up around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should also be noted that, despite being a smaller movie\nthan most animated Hollywood fare from Disney and Pixar, the animation here is\nstill vastly superior to what you\u2019d see on the television series. In fact,\nthere are a few impressive images, including a bit in which Marshall and a\nfriendly dinosaur named Rhubarb are hurtled through rapids to a waterfall. The\nsplashing water around the pair looks very convincing. And the climax,\nfeaturing large rocks being hurtled into the sky and giant swaths of lava\npouring through the island, are convincingly rendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the end, the film manages to incorporate elements of the popular series and Jurassic Park<\/em> in a safe and gentle manner, offering preschoolers thrills that won\u2019t result in nightmares. Five years ago, you couldn\u2019t have paid me to watch a film like this. Now, I have a better perspective on this type of picture and think it is the fastest-moving and most enjoyable of the three pictures. Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie<\/em> may be specifically designed for one particular demographic (and thus my rating above is just for adults), but it will definitely entertain its target audience and will rank much higher in their minds.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 88 minutes This feature from Paramount Pictures opens exclusively in cinemas on August 14th, 2026. It may be a strange thing to read, but one day as an adult you come to a point where you become far more familiar with kid\u2019s franchises than you ever thought possible. Truthfully, there is little reason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[217,697,785,1455,1464,3954,5888,7283,7292,9974,11667,13293,14817,15707,15862,15863,15864,15865,15866,17334],"class_list":["post-34055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-217","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-animated","tag-animated-series","tag-carter-young","tag-dinosaurs","tag-family","tag-family-movie","tag-island","tag-kids-movie-2","tag-marshall","tag-nickelodeon","tag-paramount-pictures","tag-paw-patrol","tag-paw-patrol-the-dino-movie","tag-paw-patrol-the-dino-movie-film-review","tag-paw-patrol-the-dino-movie-movie-review","tag-paw-patrol-the-dino-movie-review","tag-ron-pardy"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}