Neil Nightingale
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Aiming for broader appeal as a Fox wide release, this comedic 3D update from directors Barry Cook (“Mulan”) and Neil Nightingale might more aptly be called “Wisecracking With Dinosaurs.”
Recruited to exploit the brand for theatrical consumption were co-directors Barry Cook (Mulan) and Neil Nightingale, creative director of BBC Earth, whose different sensibilities would seem ideal for a movie that attempts to graft the series’ documentary style onto a more traditional animated feature format.
Co-director Barry Cook came from animation (“Mulan”), and partnered up with BBC nature film vet Neil Nightingale (he produced “Meerkats: The Movie”).
Directors Barry Cook (Arthur Christmas) and Neil Nightingale (producer of wildlife films including Meerkats: The Movie) and writer John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) have done far superior work so their poor delivery here is puzzling.
Co-screenwriter John Collee wrote the charming Happy Feet and co-director Barry Cook was one of the directors on the winsome Arthur Christmas.
It’s almost as if the animated adventure’s filmmakers (Arthur Christmas co-director Barry Cook and documentarian Neil Nightingale) didn’t trust what they had here.