Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (1993)

All Critics (100) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (101) | Rotten (8) | DVD (39)

The enthralling man-vs.-nature parable based on the late Michael Crichton's best-selling novel hasn't aged one bit.

April 5, 2013 Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Top Critic

The 3-D process adds not just dimension but depth - a technological extension of cinematographer Gregg Toland's deep-focus innovations in The Grapes of Wrath and Citizen Kane. The change in perspective creates greater intensity.

April 5, 2013 Full Review

Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

I'm a fan of this movie. It is thrilling, and the 3-D treatment is a nice enhancement.

April 4, 2013 Full Review

Tom Russo

Boston Globe

Top Critic

This movie doesn't just stand the test of time, it transcends it.

April 4, 2013 Full Review

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

"Jurassic Park" remains an absolute thrill from a Spielberg in top form: Funny, scary, fast-moving and full of just-right details.

April 4, 2013 Full Review

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

"Jurassic Park" was impressive in 1993. Twenty years later, it's flawless.

April 4, 2013 Full Review

Sean O'Connell

Washington Post

Top Critic

Some things have dated - Sam Jackson wouldn't be allowed to smoke in the office; everyone would have mobiles; Google Earth would have kept the island from being kept a secret - but the power of the film's pioneering CGI remain strangely undiminished.

May 4, 2013 Full Review

Jim Schembri

3AW

Steven Spielberg's summer adventure is still one of the ultimate movie roller coaster rides.

May 3, 2013 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Jurassic Park is a how-to guide for structuring a multi-character disaster film.

May 2, 2013 Full Review

Matt Neal

The Standard

Still proves as thrilling as ever.

May 2, 2013 Full Review

Steve Newall

Flicks.co.nz

A classic gets even better.

April 25, 2013 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Steven Spielbeg's 1993 tale of an island plagued dinosaurs running amok holds up surprisingly well in the special effects category.

April 23, 2013 Full Review

Phil Villarreal

COEDMagazine.com

The film is a classic and the chance to see it on the big screen again (or for the first time) should not be missed

April 19, 2013 Full Review

Michael A. Smith

MediaMikes

Sentiment is explained by science as the family impulse that motivates so many Steven Spielberg stories is revealed to be an evolutionary imperative in this near-perfect action-adventure.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

[Looks] better not only than effects-driven movies of the same period, but better, frankly, than half of what gets released nowadays.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Kids who love dinosaurs will love it. And who doesn't?

April 11, 2013 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Time to Play Magazine

confirms both Spielberg's mastery of cinematic thrills and the comparatively empty bombast of today's summer tentpole movies, even the better ones.

April 9, 2013 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Jurassic Park shows us a director in transition, and the film captures his transformation in its own kind of cinematic amber.

April 8, 2013 Full Review

Bilge Ebiri

Vulture

[The] 3D [conversion] provides the definitive version of this classic film. Jurassic Park has been transformed with with artistry, nuance and sophistication, and it's an absolute must-see during this brief run.

April 7, 2013 Full Review

Jason Gorber

Twitch

The 3D effects had me nearly jumping out of my seat. Some say Hollywood is converting too many old films to 3D. But, "Jurassic Park" was the perfect choice. There's nothing more fun than sharing a seat with a snapping dinosaur.

April 6, 2013 Full Review

Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

Spielberg treats us as he does his characters, leading us into a strange land and expecting us to make it out with all our faculties intact; it's a tall order, given the heart-stopping, bloodcurdling, limbs-numbing excitement packed into the second hour.

April 6, 2013 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

It is as if time has passed the movie by. "Jurassic Park" remains solid entertainment, but the awe and wonder have faded.

April 6, 2013 Full Review

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The thrill of seeing live dinosaurs on screen is not as acute today as it was 20 years ago admittedly, but there is still some 3D awe left in the creations that roared 65 billion years ago...

April 6, 2013 Full Review

Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

The 3D isn't pushed on the audience, but it does reveal the amount of depth that Spielberg actually put into the film 20 years ago.

April 5, 2013 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

While it's not the most profound of Spielberg's works or the most entertaining from a popcorn perspective, it's one of the most technically flawless movies he's ever produced.

April 5, 2013 Full Review

Rob Vaux

Mania.com

Jurassic Park 3D is like being reunited with an old friend; an old friend that wants to eat you and maul you to death, but still. A classic is reborn in glorious IMAX with a vibrantly stunning use of 3D.

April 5, 2013 Full Review

Chris Sawin

Examiner.com

• 1. Robert Muldoon: Clever girl.
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• 1. Ian Malcolm: Remind me to thank John for the wonderful weekend.
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• 1. John Hammond: I really hate that man.
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• 1. Ian Malcolm: That is one big pile of shit
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• 1. Ian Malcolm: If I may... Um, I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now [bangs on the table]
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