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GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
Dot seeks the magical green root that will give her the ability to talk to animals. She eats a red root by mistake, and is shrunk to the size of an ant.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 13 min
Shorter than most animated movies, −16 min on the typical 89
typical 8973Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Released
1986
May 22, 1986
40 years ago
Genre
AnimationLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Yoram Gross Director
Writing · 1
- John Palmer Writer
Camera · 1
- Graham Binding Camera Operator, 2D Artist
Sound · 2
- John Sangster Original Music Composer
- Bob Young Sound
Art · 1
- Norman Yeend Painter
Visual Effects · 1
- Angie Prindle Animation
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Film 5 of 9 · after Dot and the Koala · then Dot and the Whale
- Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
GoodWatch score 73Film 1
- Around the World with Dot (1981)
GoodWatch score 47Film 2
- Dot and the Bunny (1983)
GoodWatch score 78Film 3
- Dot and the Koala (1985)
GoodWatch score 62Film 4
- Dot and Keeto (1986)
GoodWatch score 66You're here
- Dot and the Whale (1986)
GoodWatch score 64Film 6
- Dot and the Smugglers (1987)
GoodWatch score 75Film 7
- Dot Goes to Hollywood (1988)
GoodWatch score 69Film 8
- Dot in Space (1994)
GoodWatch score 63Film 9
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