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Jurassic Park (1993)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:31

Rotten:6

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life-like animatronics, with some of Spielberg's best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense science fiction terror.

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Jun 11, 1993 Wide

Synopsis: Steven Spielberg directed this blockbuster thriller based on the popular book by Michael Crichton. Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam... Steven Spielberg directed this blockbuster thriller based on the popular book by Michael Crichton. Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor--an amusement park with DNA-cloned live dinosaurs as the main attraction. The paleontologists, along with a mathematician (Jeff Goldblum) and Hammond's two grandchildren, takes a run-through tour of the park. But soon the joyride turns to terror when an impending hurricane, an unscrupulous engineer (Wayne Knight), and the rebelling dinosaurs begin to destroy the park. Spielberg considered the most popular star of the film to be a computer-generated Tyrannosaurus rex. The special effects in general are spectacular. As Hollywood's preeminent director, Spielberg was used as a kind of financial savior for Universal Studios, which was hurting economically prior to the dinosaurian venture. Spielberg made a deal with Universal--his dream project, SCHINDLER'S LIST, would be green-lighted if he agreed to make JURASSIC PARK for the studio first. By the time SCHINDLER'S LIST premiered in December 1993, JURASSIC PARK, which had been released six months earlier, had broken E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL's worldwide box-office record. [More]

Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Ariana Richards, Joseph Mazzello, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero

Director: Steven Spielberg

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: David Koepp, Michael Crichton
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen
Composer: John Williams
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/06/09
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This is the 2001: A Space Odyssey of dinosaur movies, one whose special effects render previous efforts obsolete.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment 6 Comments
11/05/08
Steve Biodrowski
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Cinefantastique
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08/18/08
David Ansen
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Newsweek
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Spectacle triumphs over sense, but with effects this effective resistance is futile.

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03/04/08
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The well-selected cast is winningly sympathetic and entertainingly idiosyncratic.

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06/05/07
Duane Byrge
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Hollywood Reporter
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This is an exhilarating, sometimes terrifying monster of a movie that, once it gets you in its clutches, won't put you down again until the closing credits start to roll.

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06/05/07
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There's more soul to be found in any Kong close-up than in this film's overplayed reactions.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 5 Comments
06/05/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Spielberg is still supreme as an action director, and when the T Rex makes beefburger of the jeep, or the vicious 'Raptors stalk their human prey, the film inspires wonder and awe.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

You won't believe your eyes.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
06/24/06
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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An innovative, ingenious and spectacular sci-fi adventure. The special effects are truly dazzling.

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03/04/06
Chuck O'Leary
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The plot also conspires to harm the film's general credibility.

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01/26/04
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Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Shellie Iliff
Shellie Iliff
Palo Alto Weekly

Mr. Spielberg has great fun with every last growl and rumble signaling the approach of danger...

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Great effects, a dime's worth of headache-inducing story.

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04/02/03
Ken Hanke
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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01/24/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Set a standard for CG-beasties that remained unmatche for many years, and still stands as one of the best of its kind

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01/22/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Fads may come and go, but dinosaurs will always be cool... a fact for which Jurassic Park should be eternally grateful.

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12/04/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

The plot is equal parts Westworld and (believe it or not) Jaws 3-D.

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06/05/02
Ray Greene
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine

True, the dialogue and performances are feeble, but the thing is basically no more -- and no less -- than a nifty monster movie that delivers crackerjack thrills.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
04/17/01
Stephen Farber
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