The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

PG-13

1997

2h 14m

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Four years after "Jurassic Park," mathematician Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait.

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Critics Consensus

The Lost World demonstrates how far CG effects have come in the four years since Jurassic Park; unfortunately, it also proves how difficult it can be to put together a truly compelling sequel.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

06/30/2025

5/5

Like the original, the sequel is uneven, sometimes moving in fits and starts. But the new film never really loses its momentum, and its big set pieces deliver.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

06/30/2025

3/4

There's not much story or character development here, but you don't need that when you've got dynamite dinosaurs of all stripes and appetites.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

06/30/2025

It's sheer claptrap, but it's lively claptrap, with Spielberg skillfully reaching into his bag of shameless tricks to reinvent the chase movie and the cliffhanger.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

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2/5

Arguably the meanest film Steven Spielberg has ever made, this would work if it weren’t also just so smugly disinterested or if it had a point to make rather than meandering through middling themes and second-tier setpieces.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

Jul 20

4/5

It deals with the consequences of the first film's events and is not afraid to work as an occasionally bloody and frequently tense thriller rather than as a fantasy adventure for all ages. [Full review in Spanish].

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Todd Lothery

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

06/30/2025

1.5/4

Visually and thematically darker than its precursor, The Lost World is canned entertainment. It lacks the wonder of the first film, perhaps an inevitability. What's more of a letdown is that it lacks the first one's heart.

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penzodo T

@RT15757770 Aug 10

Never understood the hate on this movie. One of the best in the franchise.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Aug 7

Turns out there's another island where the dinos were born and bread. Goldblum is headed back to save Moore (and more). Little girl on the uneven bars vs. raptor.

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Christian R

@RT90248046 Jul 27

6.9/10 It's efforts to be 'darker' and 'grittier' result in it being peachier and the characters less likeable overall. Plus, the movie feels like 3 different movies clumsily rolled into one with each act. With that said, it's still a fairly fun and suspenseful adventure flick and it's buoyed by a still likeable Jeff Goldblum and a committed performance by Pete Postlethwaite

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Chris S

@Janomi Jul 20

The Lost World: Jurassic Park has its moments, especially when it leans into its darker adventure tone. Isla Sorna feels less like a failed theme park and more like a wild, uncontrolled ecosystem, giving the sequel a meaner and more dangerous identity than the first film. Jeff Goldblum is still great as Ian Malcolm, bringing sarcasm, intelligence, nervous energy, and moral frustration to the reluctant-lead role. The dinosaur action also delivers some memorable spectacle, especially the T. rex attacks, raptors in the tall grass, stampede, and San Diego chaos. The trailer hanging over the cliff is the movie’s best set piece, tense, physical, and beautifully staged. The problem is that the story is much messier than the original. The rescue mission, corporate hunters, dinosaur capture plan, and city finale do not fit together as cleanly. There is plenty to like, but it lacks the magic and elegance of Jurassic Park.

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Alex G

@RT15582241 Jul 19

3rd best movie of the franchise.

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@RT85413874 Jul 19

Definitely not on the same level of the first movie, but surely not as bad or just an ok movie as others portrait.

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Synopsis

Four years after "Jurassic Park," mathematician Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson
Screenwriter: Michael Crichton, David Koepp
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Intense Sci-Fi Terror)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 22, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $229.1M
Runtime: 2h 14m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, DTS-ES, Surround, Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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