Good ol' family fare with cutting-edge, dazzling animation

FOR its 16th feature, Pixar introduces a strange new genre: the dinosaur Western; it's an adventure story about the scion of pioneering dinosaur homesteaders who is separated from family, experiences loss and journeys through inhospitable landscapes. The youngster encounters a menagerie of characters along the way before coming of age in true Disney style.

The Good Dinosaur, directed by Peter Sohn and written by M…