Theodore Rex (1996)
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20% of users liked it
(3,225 ratings)
Whoopi Goldberg headlines this youth-oriented comedy fantasy set in a near future where scientists for some reason have genetically resurrect dinosaurs. This time, the revitalized reptiles are intelligent and equipped with humanoid articulatory tracts so they can speak. They also wear shoes.… More Whoopi Goldberg headlines this youth-oriented comedy fantasy set in a near future where scientists for some reason have genetically resurrect dinosaurs. This time, the revitalized reptiles are intelligent and equipped with humanoid articulatory tracts so they can speak. They also wear shoes. Goldberg plays a leather-clad smart-alecky detective who is assigned the odious task of teaming up with Teddy Rex, a dino-detective. Naturally lizards and leather don't mix and the two constantly bicker their way into buddyhood as they investigate the death another dinosaur, a death that turns out to be linked with a crazed scientist's nefarious, chilling plot. Goldberg (to her credit) attempted to back out of making this film soon after production started. Were it not for the threat of major legal retaliation by the studio, she may have succeeded. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jonathan R. Betuel
- Genres
- Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 14, 1995 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
I think the best way to describe this is like a kiddie toy. One that doesn't have any really sharp edges. You know, like 'My First Blade Runner,' something like that.
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Cast
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Whoopi Goldberg
as Katie Coltrane
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Dr. Edgar Kane
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Juliet Landau
as Dr. Shade
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Bud Cort
as Splinter
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Stephen McHattie
as Edge
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Richard Roundtree
as Commissioner Lynch
- Joe Dallesandro
- Edith Diaz
- Tony T. Johnson
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Carol Kane
as Molly Rex
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Dee "Queen Kong" Booher
as Gang Leader
- Bruce Lanoil
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Pons Maar
as Theodore Rex
- Peter Mackenzie
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George Newbern
as Theodore Rex
- Jack Riley
