willfmoviejudge SPOILER: Rating: 20%. Wow, just wow. So let me see if I got it straight. Whoopi Goldberg and a T-Rex go solving crimes together. Well, that has to be a contender for the stupidest premise I have ever heard for in a movie in my life; and to be honest, I have seen my fair share of stupid plots. I gave this movie a go around, because I like Whoopi Goldberg as an actress, and I am also a fan of both dinosaur and bad movies, I said to myself "where can I GO WRONG?" Oh, I have never been more wrong in my life, this is only a piece of the bottom of the cesspool. My god, this train wreck is stuck in my mind. What I find very interesting and yet very disturbing is that this movie's budget back in 1995 was approximately $34,000,000; and yet not only was it direct to video, WE NEVER SEE THREE DIMES OF IT ON SCREEN!.The intro starts off looking like a mediocre powerpoint presentation that scrolls across the screen. It is a similar type of format like that of the Star Wars movies, except that in the Star Wars saga, their intros give us a great understanding on whats going on; in this instance, it still leaves me with more unanswered questions than before this movie started playing; like for an example what is the setting? What time period? What the hell is the New Eden compound? etc. All of a sudden, with very little comprehensible transition you see our main dinosaur police officer named Teddy Rex, who kind of looks like a imbred cousin of Barney the Dinosaur, played by George Newbern (who was most known for Clark Kent/Superman from the Animated Justice League) encounter this "robotic" butterfly. That robot butterfly (which is something that can only make sense in this wretched film) bursts in his face which both angered and confused me simultaneously. We cut to our other main police officer named Katie Coltrane played by Whoopi Goldberg (from the movie Sister Act), who is was almost thrown off of the service because she was bickering with her former partner while a group of thugs blew up a truck, which as a result got them to stop arguing. To redeem herself, her commissioner played by Richard Roundtree (aka Shaft), puts her on a case with the incredibly incompetently stupid, goofy looking Teddy Rex, much to her recalcitrant and disinclined attitude.After finding out that dinosaurs have allegedly more detective like instincts than humans, Teddy Rex goes to this convention to literally "meet his maker" which is also a saying that you are dead, and also runs into who I am going to call commissioner Shaft, just to have an excuse to eat cookies. Yes, thats right people, a T-REX that does NOT LIKE the taste of MEAT, what the hell was this director thinking, that is completely BS. If a T-Rex did not eat meat, but instead ate cookies and "hydroponic" "seaweed" (by the way those two words are redundant like extinct permanently), it will STARVE.The two of them, must stop the evil and overly affluent tycoon who wants to start his own Armageddon named Elizar Kane played by Armin Mueller-Stahl (who had more of a reputation overseas in Europe like Germany and England than he had in the U.S), as well as the Toymaker who was the city's most powerful thug. Before they set off on their mission, Teddy is threatening his higher ups just because he wants a bigger truck, (remember, not criminals but FELLOW OFFICERS). While, Coltrane is extracting information to be able to stop Kane in his tracks, Teddy walks into a club where the murder victim hung out and has a relationship with a female T-Rex named Molly WHO LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIM! played by Carol Kane (known for Princess Bride and Annie Hall) after they leave the nightclub. Now the strange thing is that this dinosaur starts a romance with Teddy Rex immideately after her husbands funeral, and while she is mourning the loss of a loved one, Teddy is thinking about god damn cookies. I just fast forwarded through some scenes because it was honestly hard enough already. The two officers stop the tycoon and his cohorts.I'm going to list off some of the things that are wrong with this movie and then explain how I would have done it differently (if humanly possible).1: Coltrane and Rex should have swapped roles: Whoopi Goldberg is not as strong suited playing action roles, she is better with comedic roles instead. She should have been the one cracking the jokes instead of playing the angry officer (by the way if you look carefully, every scene with her shows that she is clinching her teeth in anger) because she despised being in this movie, despite earning $7,000,000 for her efforts. Teddy should have been the serious role because that GOD DAMN DINOSAUR IS NOT FUNNY HE IS LOATHSOME, HE DOES ALL THESE ACCENTS/DIALECTS THAT ARE NAILS ON THE CHALKBOARD ANNOYING, AND IN ADDITION, HIS ATTEMPTS AT HUMOR MAKE ME CRINGE.2: The Animatronics of the Dinosaurs: Seriously, with the enormous budget that this movie had going for it, they should have ditched the rubber dinosaur costumes that are so poorly done from the gecko, I've seen better costumes at a thrift store. What they should of done, is make this movie computer animated, for Pete's sake, Toy Story came out this year, so there is no excuse.3: Better budgeting techniques: Once again, $34,000,000 and not 30 cents worth of effort of it on screen. I'm not criticizing the stars as much, I'm criticizing the upper management. I am more forgiving to a movie that has a smaller budget, where they do not have as much to work with, than I am with this. This can almost be considered grand larceny, because it is a criminal waste of money to have this plethora of funds and not even put squat effort into your work. On the other hand, Roger Corman takes a chicken scratch budget and makes something at least half way decent and many times more entertaining. This director or the producer should have been taught by Roger Corman.4: The Premise/Story: What story? This is by far the most horrible premise known to mankind. It is so mis-marketed, cliched and yet somehow so very confusing, it's a detective movie where the audience members are the detectives trying to piece together what is happening in front of their eyes. Most buddy cop movies, the depressed cop points a gun to his mouth, here, he eats cookies. Besides that, besides the fact that there are T-Rexes and Raptors in the movie, it is so unoriginal, yet so interesting on how it was green lighted my executive producers in the first place.Enough of my ranting, this movie was an abomination, that should be shown to FBI's most wanted to get them to talk. There are no other redeeming factors other than Whoopi Goldberg, but not even Goldberg can save this piece of dinosaur excrement. Personally, if there was ever something where it was William Shatner and Pokemon, that would hold my interest more than this rotting piece of good cheese or bad dino meat. If I could, I would have this film never see the light of day again, and I would put this weapon in a sealed container like the Lost Ark from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Possibly one of the worst films I ever watched, almost two hours of my life I will never get back.

MartinHafer Currently, "Theodore Rex" is listed on IMDb's infamous Bottom 100 list. While I would agree it was a bad and very misguided project, I cannot understand why there is this much hatred for the film. Sure, it's bad...but I've seen a lot worse!! At least it has interesting sets and dinosaur costumes...though little else. I'd consider putting it on the Bottom 1000 list (if they ever come up with one). As for the costumes, the look like they were literally recycled from the "Dinosaurs" TV series...though unlike the show, the film has little in the way of cleverness, comedy or fun.The film is set in some sort of weirdo alternate reality but the prologue trying to explain this was completely confusing and unnecessary. Suffice to say, in this sci-fi film, human-like dinosaurs act just like people...and coexist in a human world. Or, at least they try to coexist but the humans look down on their cold- blooded friends. Because of this, when a cop (Whoopi Goldberg) is assigned to work with the very first dinosaur police detective, she is less than thrilled. And, by this point, her feeling is pretty much the audience's.The bottom line is that the story is dull and often stupid. But the film isn't the most boring film I've ever seen--not that this is a glowing endorsement. I think that instead of making this super- expensive direct-to-video release, the filmmakers would have been much better off just making a "Dinosaurs" movie...it couldn't help but be better and less annoying.

ironhorse_iv Hey Theodore Rex! If you're happy for this movie, and you know it. Clap your... oh. Never mind, because there is small amount of people that honestly like this movie. This movie wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. Still, it was just a little too ridiculous. I have to give the movie, some credit as it was trying to do something new with the Dinosaur concept. Too bad, it didn't establish its world that way. In an alternate futuristic a dark and edgy cyberpunk society, a tough female police detective, Katie Coltrane (Whoopi Goldberg) is paired with a talking dinosaur, Theodore Rex (Voiced by George Newbern) to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon. Directed by Jonathan R. Betuel, the movie is badly delivered. It was supposed to capitalize on the 1990s Dinosaur craze that films like 1993's Jurassic Park & TV Shows, 1991's Dinosaurs help create. Sadly, it's fails due to a plot that is hard to understand with a complicated text prologue and horrible dialogue. The plot drags down to a slow pace due to a lot of filler scenes like the undercover clothes scene. BTW- he looks the same, undercover. Things are never explain like why the Dinosaurs have psychic powers or how anthropomorphic dinosaurs even came to this world. The film gets even weirder when clones and cyborgs are also in the film. The movie plot remind me of a mix between 1982's Blade Runner and 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with similarities. I really think the movie too many concepts in the film. The confusion and sheer randomness of the on screen action is actually kind of impressive It feels like a mess. A little more exposition would be great to have here. Even if the plot was clear, the poor animatronics made it a hard watch. It uses the same technology as the Dinosaurs TV show had at the time. The only problem is that is a step-down. For a movie that was $33.5 million dollars to make; you would think that they would use their money, well, and give the actor that plays the title character, a better Dinosaur suit to wear. The lip movements don't even sync with the costume's movement. Most of the actors signed on thinking the dinosaur would be computer enhanced. The fundamental problem with this movie is that Theodore doesn't act like a T. Rex. He's too anthropomorphized to be taken serious. Theodore Rex is flat out annoying hypocrite of a creature. One minute, he's preaching the teachings of non-violence, and the next minute, he's threating to bite people's head off. They really can't make up, their mind. His running gag about being a "recovering carnivore" is just downright too preachy. Last is his bumbling behavior that remind me of Jars Jar Binks's level of hatred. It does wears thin after five minutes on screen. Most of the jokes revolve around him are just more misses than hits to the funny bone. For a buddy cop comedy, this movie jokes are just unfunny for the most part. Whoopi Goldberg is no help. Whoopi looks agitated and is trying to wing it with her performance but to no avail. Whoopi attempted to back out of the deal, but legal entanglements kept her on the production. The supporting cast is just as forgettable in their performance. I nearly forgot that Richard Roundtree and Bud Cort are in this film. It's funny in a way, that Molly Rex (Voiced by Carol Kane) is just Theodore Rex in drag. It's disturbing as hell, that they look the same. The production crew look like they just reused the same costume. Carol Kane sings in her dinosaur persona, but the songs are not that catchy. It's get weirder with the forced love-interest sub-plot. The pacing ruins it. It's weird that she wants to get with Theodore on the same day of her murder ex-husband funeral. Talk about moving on, too quickly. The editing is just crappy as they intercut sequences that has little to do with each other. Many of the camera shots were unoriginal. It even has the nerves to steal epic shots from 1982's E.T like the flying in front of a full moon shot. There is a lot of shaky cam and oddly done Dutch angles that makes little to no sense to have. Though originally intended for theatrical release, the film went direct-to-video, and consequently became the most expensive direct-to-video film ever made at the time of its release. The film can be compare to 1986's Howard the Duck in how kid friendly it is. It has a lot of sexual innuendos, and brutal action scenes. Sadly, none of them really add much to the entertaining value of this film. I really doubt this movie was made for kids in the first place. Overall: A lot of people might get confused with this to a notable biography of Theodore Roosevelt. It seem like the movie did influence a bit of 2004's Anonymous Rex, which is a book series that, coincidentally, is about a dinosaur detective solving crimes amongst humans as well. Just better written. If you want to check out, a film about crime solving dinosaurs, Anonymous Rex might be the better film to watch, over this. This movie sucks.

Titanium Dragon Theodore Rex is apparently much hated; some people have given it a 10-star rating, but I'm going to go with sarcasm on their parts. However, over half the people who've rated this gave it a 1. I suspect this is as much an effort to put this movie into the bottom 100 as anything else. The movie is not that bad. It isn't wonderful either, but it isn't abominable. I liked it as a kid, and while it isn't a masterpiece, it is watchable as a kid at least. It was a mediocre movie, but I thought it was fun.That being said, don't think this is some amazing movie. It isn't. It is watchable and mediocre, but there are lots of better movies around. But it definitely doesn't deserve a 1. This movie may not be mind-blowing, but it isn't the Land Before Time XI or Plan 9 From Outer Space. It is better than a lot of the insipid romantic comedies starring Jennifer Lopez. But its below the level of high quality entertainment.I'd not recommend buying it, but watching it once isn't a loss.