Jurassic Park III

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Jurassic Park III

PG-13

2001

1h 31m

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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After being persuaded by a wealthy businessman to conduct an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's second site for a failed Jurassic Park experiment, Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) discovers the true reason for his invitation. A tragic accident maroons the party of seven, and they must attempt to escape with their lives.

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Critics Consensus

Jurassic Park III is darker and faster than its predecessors, but that doesn't quite compensate for the franchise's continuing creative decline.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jun 25

3/4

A roaring success.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 25

The third film is neither as scary nor as serious as the first two. It borrows heavily from its predecessors and the Alien series, and runs out of energy.

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Jun 25

2.5/4

Still, JP3 suffers from second-sequel fatigue and lacks a star who can boost its energy.

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Steve Persall

Tampa Bay Times

Jun 25

C+

We've grown too accustomed to computers and puppets defying evolution.

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Bob Ross

Tampa Tribune

Jun 25

C-

A desultory sequel disguised as a thrill ride.

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Nanciann Cherry

Toledo Blade

Jun 25

2/5

The dinosaurs are still scary, and the special effects are often grand, but the sense of wonder and awe are gone.

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Mitchell S

@Mitchstur 1d

It's not as well made as the original, but it's still edge of your seat scary. Especially with the Spinosaurus.

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Kyle H.

@Kylebh2015 Jan 25

I loved the spinosaurus not as good as the first one though

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Enrique R

@EnriqueRamosLovesMovies Jan 18

Jurassic Park III, an absolute blockbuster mess. Listen, the cinematography is fine, the dinosaurs look like action figures made from Kenner. The movie really isn’t about dinosaurs until like 1 hour later on the film. Steven Spielberg was supposed to direct this film, but he said that the first two Jurassic Park films doesn’t need a third one. But, later on 2001, he changed his mind and instead of directing it, he produced it. I really don’t William H. Macy in this. Still, you know, Sam Neill does good as Dr. Alan Grant and Tea Léoni as Amanda Kirby. The plot doesn’t even make sense. Anyways, I give Jurassic Park III a 4.7/10 or a 2.9/5 stars.

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Romas M

@Romas Jan 7

Greetings from Lithuania. "Jurassic Park III" (2001) has to be one of the most shortest running blockbusters i have ever seen. While it was fun movie overall, i couldn't believe my eyes when the credits started to roll - nevertheless at running time 1 h 22 min. it delivered what it promised, sort of. Parts III was always in my opinion weakest in the trilogy and it didn't add anything new to the series. It felt like they did run out of ideas for the third film. Pacing of this movie is kind mixed bag - at short running time it still manages to drag. It lacked the "WOW" sense that was in a first movie, but still it was a pretty fun adventure film yet felt like a small spin off. Overall, "Jurassic Park III" isn't really anything to remember except that it featured Sam Neill again and he was the best part of the film. It had good special effects (for a year 2001), some new dinosaurs and was overall fun adventure but it felt like a side quest.

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Cristi222yt C

@Cristi222yt Jan 7

This is my favourite movie out of the entire franchise.

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Claire P.

@LizzieP2425 Dec 31

My favorite one out of all 3!

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Synopsis

After being persuaded by a wealthy businessman to conduct an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's second site for a failed Jurassic Park experiment, Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) discovers the true reason for his invitation. A tragic accident maroons the party of seven, and they must attempt to escape with their lives.

Director: Joe Johnston
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Larry J. Franco
Screenwriter: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Michael Crichton
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Universal International 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): Jul 18, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $181.2M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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