Littlefoot (Gabriel Damon), a young plant-eating dinosaur, is orphaned after his mother (Helen Shaver) perishes while protecting him from a vicious carnivore. With her last breath, she tells him how to get to the legendary Great Valley, where he will be reunited with others of his kind. With his friend Cera (Candace Hutson), Littlefoot sets out for the fabled land, meeting a variety of new friends along the way -- while also being tracked by the killer dinosaur that mortally wounded his mother.
"Most of ''The Land Before Time'' is so authentically geared to the thinking of children that it should charm adults as well." - New York Times
"The Land Before Time is as handsome and honest an animated feature as any produced since Walt Disney`s death; it may even be the best." - Chicago Tribune
"The spirit of Land Before Time is right. And, thanks to Bluth and his staff, the film's style is right, too." - Boston Globe