My Pet Dinosaur

My Pet Dinosaur

Making friends is easy, keeping them is impossible...

Directed by Matt Drummond

Produced by Splendid Film

201796 min5.4 / 10

A family-friendly adventure about a boy's bond with a mysterious, rapidly-evolving dinosaur creature, balancing wonder and mischief with mounting tension as shadowy forces close in.

When a young boy named Jake accidentally makes a new friend in an experiment gone wrong a troubled town is plunged into chaos. But with the creature rapidly evolving every day, Jake finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new pet secret. Jake's friends and new girl Abbie realize they are not the only ones interested in this strange, mischievous little dinosaur and soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is who is looking for it.

Questions people ask

  • Does My Pet Dinosaur end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is My Pet Dinosaur sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is My Pet Dinosaur easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is My Pet Dinosaur violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is My Pet Dinosaur scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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