The characters’ frantic efforts to deal with the absurd situation of a talking dinosaur blends with the more serious elements, and the ending goes in an unexpected direction that works.
What I didn't like
A more realistic costume might have made the talking dinosaur event funnier.
My overall impression
Dinosaurs achieves the seemingly impossible feat of mining PTSD and sexual abuse for comedic purposes. It certainly helps that the humor is not directed at the subject matter but rather used as a shield that allows the sensitive topic to be brought to light and examined. It also helps that the catalyst to exploring the trauma is a talking, intelligent dinosaur.