Todd Douglas Miller’s fascinating, moving, infuriating true story is shot through with enthusiasm and awe for the prehistoric past even as it chronicles a truly bizarre legal footnote.

The final payoff is indeed the majestic sight of Sue, 42 feet long and 13 feet high at the hip, put back together.

There’s a genuine and somewhat moving affection here for the grunt work of paleontology, and it’s hard not to feel something for the scientists...

...a jawbone-dropping tale, told crisply through talking heads, in which the process of excavation proves at least as fascinating as the fallout.