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Jurassic Park

1993

Steven Spielberg

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough ...

7.1

148,534

Sci-Fi. Adventure Billionaire John Hammond builds a theme park by cloning dinosaur DNA into living dinosaurs. Because of the accidental death of one of his workers, he hires several scientists to endorse the park: Alan Grant, a paleontologist, Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist, and Malcolm, a mathematician. Hammond’s young grandchildren, Tim and Lex, join them. Once they begin an inspection tour of the facilities, Dennis Nedry sabotages the controls in an ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"The earthshaking footfalls of these lizard-kings are palpable and terrifying. Spielberg's crew of dinosaur-effects artists has conjured up a Mesozoic menagerie whose realism outdoes anything in cinema history"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"May be one-dimensional and even clunky in story and characterization, but definitely delivers where it counts, in excitement, suspense and the stupendous realization of giant reptiles"
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Mr. Spielberg has great fun with every last growl and rumble signaling the approach of danger..."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Colossal entertainment -- the eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"One great monster movie"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"The suspense and technical wizardry are the only reason to watch 'Jurassic Park'. In a summer movie, that's more than enough (..). But screenwriter Michael Crichton, adapting his popular novel (...) slashes almost everything that made the book an entertaining read"
		Richard Corliss Time	"For dinosaurs to rule the earth again, the monsters needed majesty as well as menace. And Spielberg got it all right"
		Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"The well-selected cast is winningly sympathetic and entertainingly idiosyncratic"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"All the imagination and effort (...) that went into making the dinosaurs (...) exciting apparently left no time to make the people similarly believable or involving"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"You want great dinosaurs, you got great dinosaurs (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As delicious as ever (...) It's still an amazing ride (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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