An all-action, helter-skelter, don't-forget-to-buy-the-computer-game ride that makes the two previous installments look like models of classic filmmaking.
Jurassic Park III (2001)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:9
Rotten:21
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: The dinos are as cool as ever, but there's too much of a "been there, done that" feel.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sci-fi terror and violence
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Jul 18, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $180,095,970
Synopsis: Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) come... Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) come calling, Grant and his protégée, Billy (Alessandro Nivola), agree to take them on a sightseeing flight. By the time Grant finds out what their true purpose is--to land on the island and search for their missing son--all of their lives are in peril. And Grant's newfound theory about Raptor intelligence will have its deadly proof. Joe Johnston was the right director to take over Steven Spielberg's JURASSIC PARK series. He's experienced with special effects, having worked on the STAR WARS films, while his OCTOBER SKY demonstrates his skill at telling an emotionally involving tale. In JURASSIC PARK 3, with the help of a top-notch technical team and a talented cast (who began filming before the script was finished, improvising much of their dialogue), and a new dinosaur, Spinosaurus, that makes even T-Rex nervous, Johnston has fashioned a rousing adventure with state-of-the-art visuals. Clocking in at a tense 92 minutes, it's the fastest-moving, most action-packed film of the series. [More]
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Laura Dern
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Laura Dern, John Diehl, Michael Jeter, Trevor Morgan, Alessandro Nivola, Mark Harelik, Julio Mechoso, Taylor Nichols, Bruce A. Young
Director: Joe Johnston
Director: Joe Johnston
Screenwriter: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Producer: Larry J. Franco, Kathleen Kennedy
Composer: Don Davis
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Reviews for Jurassic Park III
If there's one thing certain in this new instalment of Jurassic Park, it's that the critters are a whole lot smarter, faster and interesting than the Homo sapiens dropping in on them.
Too bad the script doesn't extend the same courtesy to the actors, who are saddled with dialogue neither man nor beast could respond to.
What makes it worth sitting through is the chance it offers to catch up on the technical advances since the last installment.
Spielberg's wizardry is gone, and his balletic light touch as well, and that gives too much of this 90-minute movie over to the duller-than-dull characters.
Relatively speaking, Jurassic Park III is a disappointment of behemoth proportions.
As always, the technical credits are not only outstanding but the whole reason for the film to exist.
A movie in which little else happens except people get chased, terrified and generally bullied by prehistoric creatures.
Plays out the way you'd expect, perfunctorily, obligingly, without much enthusiasm and with very little terror.
A lot of stagnant storytelling trapped underneath prehistoric footprints.
All it wants to do is scare a smile onto your face, and it often succeeds.
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