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Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck ... see more see more... , Martin Ferrero , Joseph Mazzello , Ariana Richards , Samuel L. Jackson , Wayne Knight , Richard Kiley , Greg Burson , Christopher John Fields , Whitby Hertford , Jerry Molen , Miguel Sandoval , Cameron Thor , B.D. Wong , Jophery C. Brown , Dean Cundey , Jane Jenkins , Janet Hirshenson

Steven Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from the team of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri from George Lucas's ... read more read more...Industrial Light & Magic. The film follows two dinosaur experts -- Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler Laura Dern) -- as they are invited by eccentric millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) to preview his new amusement park on an island off Costa Rica. By cloning DNA harvested from pre-historic insects, Hammond has been able to create living dinosaurs for his new Jurassic Park, an immense animal preserve housing real brachiosaurs, dilophosaurs, triceratops, velociraptors, and a Tyrannosaur Rex. Accompanied by cynical scientist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), who is obsessed with chaos theory, and Hammond's two grandchildren (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello), they are sent on a tour through Hammond's new resort in computer controlled touring cars. But as a tropical storm hits the island, knocking out the power supply, and an unscrupulous employee (Wayne Knight) sabotages the system so that he can smuggle dinosaur embryos out of the park, the dinosaurs start to rage out of control. Grant then has to bring Hammond's grandchildren back to safety as the group is pursued by the gigantic man-eating beasts. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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PG-13, 2 hr. 6 min.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Release Date: June 11, 1993

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  • FiLmCrAzY
    March 29, 2012
    FiLmCrAzY
    Fantastic!
    The Jurassic Park movies are my favorite movies of all time that i just cant help but enjoy! I enjoy this movies more and more every time i watch them! It has some of the best CGI for its time as well!
    Its exciting, compelling interesting and a really good storyline wi... read moreth some fantastic effects that are jaw dropping!
    Fantastic performances from everyoe especiallly sam neil!!
    Really good movie completely worth a watch!
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
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    CGI still amazing to this day. I'm just gettin sick of the score Steven Spielberg keeps using... the screechy, violin kinda music.
  • aquateen2
    February 25, 2012
    aquateen2
    Jurassic Park ties with Jaws as Spielberg's best motion picture. This movie was a huge turning point in his career. As he experiments with the use of CGI something not used in Jaws and Gremlins. He makes amazing use of the equipment and materials given to him and creates another ... read moretenseful, scary and legendary cinematic experience. Jurassic Park has an amazing script and solid acting from all its cast members, even from the children and amazingly, the dinosaurs.
  • CloudStrife84
    January 18, 2012
    CloudStrife84
    Words cannot describe how much I love this movie. It was one of the first films I ever saw in the cinema, and I remember until this day how I excited I felt afterwards. Not only does it brilliantly entertain my love and fascination for dinosaurs, but it's such a magical viewing e... read morexperience, that I can watch it a hundred times over and never lose interest. Here's just a few of the reasons why it's made such a profound imprint on me:

    * Steven Spielberg's Directing: Flawless, wonderful and perfectly paced. The craftmanship of a true genius and visionary.

    * The Special Effects: Monumental and groundbreaking for their time. Even now, almost 20 years later, they still stand firmly against contemporary CGI films.

    * John William's Music Score: Only surpassed by his soundtrack for the Star Wars movies, this is some of the finest, most goosebump-inducing work he's ever done. I still listen to its themes for inspiration, whenever I work on my own artistic projects.

    * The Cast: Every actor involved, even the youngest ones, does an applaud-worthy job in making the story fully believable. Their reactions and performances - impeccable without question.

    * The Story: One of the most exciting (and original at the time) to ever be put on screen. I loved the book by Michael Crichton, and in the hands of Spielberg, the story became even better.

    I could go on all day with this, but the point I'm trying to make here is that this is so much more than just a movie about dinosaurs running amok. That may be true for the sequels, but this first film in the trilogy is nothing short of pure Hollywood magic. A spellbinding adventure story, that moves, entertains and invites you to a world unlike anything you've ever seen. So when I say that this is one of my all-time favourite movies, I really mean that with every fibre in my being.
  • jennifxu
    November 5, 2011
    jennifxu
    Jurassic Park has recently gotten some attention as a femmes-gone-wild allegory (since all the dinosaurs are female, Dr. Sattler's famous line of "dinosaur eats man, women inherit the Earth," the whole "life finds a way" quip), and I definitely see it, but that doesn't stop it fr... read moreom being one of the most terrifying movies I have ever watched. I've seen this multiple times when I was young, and watching it again I remember the most random things - Jeff Goldblum being dug out of the hay, Nedry's digitized finger waving "unh, unh, unh!," the adorbs DNA video featuring cloned Richard Attenboroughs - the sheer immensity of the film has never worn off. This doesn't feel like mere popcorn entertainment.
  • fb1341085175
    October 8, 2011
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    Seeing it on the big screen 16 years afer its original release, one can see that after the big awe for the special effects have passed, it doesn't have much to offer above the level of "big dumb Hollywood spectacle". It definetly benefits from having Spielberg behind the camera w... read moreith some incredibly effective action scenes, but it also has too much of the political correctness and family issue themes which would taint some of the director's work from the late 90s on. I can't deny it being great fun, but contrary to the Indiana Jones films, I couldn't care less if all the characters were fed to the creatures is one big dinosaur picnic.
  • DreamExtractor
    October 5, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    Jurassic Park is one of the greatest achievments in film history and one of Steven Spielbergs best. The story is great fun and just pure summer blockbuster experience that people enjoy just for the pure fun of discovery, and Spielberg knows what people want at the cinema. The c... read moreast is good, but not memorable or amazing, but they were not bad still. The special effects are incredible, no movie in history has interpreted dinosaurs so perfectly good, the scene with the long necked dinosaurs is a moment in history everyone remembers, I loved it. Jurassic Park is a incredible film that is just pure fun in every way, and it never gets old watching it.
  • fb100001050230219
    September 24, 2011
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    Blockbuster filmmaking at its finest. Superb direction, revolutionary special effects, likeable characters and very exciting and tense action scenes.
  • fb701560354
    September 3, 2011
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    Steven Spielberg never fails to do the impossible, which at the time, most of the visual effects would have been. Jurassic Park is a spectacle of these effects which makes the creatures even scarier. The sustained sequences of tension and terror make this an edge of your seat r... read moreide from beginning to end.
  • spielberg00
    August 12, 2011
    spielberg00
    Good+

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Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman
November 6, 2009
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Spielberg's peerless twin gift has always been for making the fantastic seem real (Close Encounters, E.T., the Indiana Jones trilogy) and the real fantastic (Jaws). Full Review

Duane Byrge
June 5, 2007
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

The well-selected cast is winningly sympathetic and entertainingly idiosyncratic.

Jonathan Rosenbaum
June 5, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

There's more soul to be found in any Kong close-up than in this film's overplayed reactions. Full Review

Peter Travers
June 24, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

You won't believe your eyes.

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Mr. Spielberg has great fun with every last growl and rumble signaling the approach of danger... Full Review

Todd McCarthy
February 13, 2001
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. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

This is Jaws with huge, scaly ridges. At times, it's more frightening. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

In the end, Jurassic Park succeeds because it's good entertainment. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

You want great dinosaurs, you got great dinosaurs. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Jurassic Park does for live-action critters what Who Framed Roger Rabbit did for toons. In that sense, it's a cinematic landmark, but in terms of plot and character, it's about as well developed as Go... Full Review

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    • Arnold: I can't get Jurassic Park back on line without Dennis Nedry.
    • Ian Malcolm: And now I'm sitting here, by myself, talking to myself. That's chaos theory.
    • Arnold: Hold onto your butts.
    • Alan Grant: We're out of the job.
    • Ian Malcolm: Don't you mean extinct?
    • John Hammond: I bring scientists, you bring the rock star.
    • John Hammond: Dennis, our lives are in your hands and you have butter-fingers?
    • Dennis Nedry: [Laughs] I am so unappreciated in my time. You can run this whole park from this one room with minimal staff for up to three days. Do you really think that kind of automation is easy [takes a drink of soda] or cheap? Do you know anyone who can network eight connection machines or debug two million lines of code for what I bid for this job? Because if you do I'd love to see them try.
    • John Hammond: I am sorry about your financial problems Dennis I really am but they are your problems.
    • Dennis Nedry: Oh you're right John you're absolutely right, you know everything is my problem.
    • John Hammond: I will not get drawn in to another financial debate with you Dennis, I really will not.
    • Dennis Nedry: It's been hardly any debate at all.
    • John Hammond: I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.
    • Dennis Nedry: [Nods his head] Thanks dad.
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