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68 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 129 Ratings

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  • Starring: Laura Dern, Sam Neill
  • Summary: Featuring incredible special effects and action-packed drama, Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators. (Universal Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    One great monster movie. [11 June 1993, Daily Notebook, p.C1]
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  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    The suspense and technical wizardry are the only reason to watch Jurassic Park. In a summer movie, that's more than enough, of course. But screenwriter Michael Crichton, adapting his popular novel with David Koepp, slashes almost everything that made the book an entertaining read.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jay Scott
    25
    Perfectly passable kiddie escapism. It has a thrill or two, and a chill or three, but it has no poetry, little sense of wonder, no resonant subtext (Jungian or otherwise), no art... When it's over, it's gone. Extinct.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 50
  3. Negative: 3 out of 50
  1. gm101
    10
    One of the best movies ever made, and a movie that has a special place in my heart. Honestly, I believe this movie should've won best picture at the Oscars, not Schindler's List.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. Antti
    5
    Very generic action film with novelty effects. watchable once, but mostly boring.
    • 0 of 9 users said yes
  3. EricJ
    0
    The most overrated movie of all time.
    • 0 of 16 users said yes

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