Just perfect...

Blistering performances.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is a very interesting documentary, although watching it will certainly make you mad at the legal system in the United States. It's bizarre how stupid it is capable of being. Like The Cover and Man On Wire, this doc comes clad in the garb of a thriller. And a heck of a good one at that. Recommended viewing.

SPOILER Lets look at the facts - The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research is a private corporation, collecting and selling fossils. They even sold fossils to a Japanese Museum and were paid in cash. So this is a private business. - Peter Larson is a paleontologist so in theory he should know the legal framework in which he is working, it is obvious that you cannot dig anywhere, ignoring on which land you are. - They pay 5000$ to the owner of the land, no contract is signed,despite the fact that the owner looks untrustworthy and has apparently a bad reputation. - The dinosaur discovered is the biggest and best preserved ever, but this Institute or these paleontologists apparently don't inform the authorities. They want to keep it in their Institute and very likely make money out of it. I don't want to say that they are dishonest or even greedy as they seem passionate about paleontology but they seem very naive and unfortunately pay a heavy price for it, that they didn't see it coming is incomprehensible.It somehow looks like a speech for the defense of free enterprise,in the lines of: people should be allowed to do what they want without interference from the state, etc. But when you dig out something of that importance it is fortunately not possible.

This was a good documentary. Maurice was the same religion as the both judges hearing the case. Maurice was awarded the $8 million because he was American Indian and also shared the same religious views as both of the judges. He played both sides of the fence. Technically, the dinosaurs was in "no mans land". Google the surname origins. I believe when judges side with people due to their nationality or religious views is called discrimination. Hopefully, the group that discovered the dinosaur will prevail. This documentary is as important to this dinosaur dig as Blackfish was to killer whales at SeaWorld. I am going to buy the books. Hopefully, they will be able to recuperate the money through the sales of the books. Sending someone to jail just to side with your same religious views or nationality is illegal. The judges are people that should have gone to jail. I live in Chicago and appreciate Sue the dinosaur; however, I will tell the kids about how the dinosaurs was stolen from South Dakota and the paleontologist that discovered her.

9.1 of 10. True to its title, it is not only about the 13th tyrannosaurus rex discovered, but even more so about the hard work the paleontologists put in to recover it and maintain it in as good condition as possible. This isn't just another dinosaur quickie to grab easy money.Unlike most documentaries, it has hero and villain excitement that makes everything you learn, including about the law, taxes, prison, and government appointments, that much more interesting and easily enjoyed by those without a strong interest in paleontology or who were looking for visuals, scares, and dinosaur chases.In sum, we have an educational documentary worthy of even college courses and PhDs that also provides the intrigue of a legal or political drama. It won't be surprising to see some closely-based fictional movies popping up trying to capture this with more action, music, and sex appeal. You can't, however, count on them to deliver the depth of what you already have here.