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Jurassic World

2015 Directed by Colin Trevorrow

The park is open.

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

Chris Pratt Bryce Dallas Howard Irrfan Khan Vincent D'Onofrio Nick Robinson Ty Simpkins Jake Johnson Omar Sy BD Wong Judy Greer Lauren Lapkus Brian Tee Katie McGrath Andy Buckley Eric Edelstein Jimmy Fallon James DuMont Matt Burke Anna Talakkottur Colin Trevorrow Courtney J. Clark Kelly Washington Matthew Cardarople Chad Randall Yvonne Angulo Chloe Perrin Erika Erica Tiffany Forest Brandon Marc Higa Show All… Arlene Newman

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Review by Alex Vlad ★★ 28

Why the dinosaur whale did not eat the whole park?
Review by Mikael Stånggren ★★★★ 15

God creates dinosaurs

God destroys dinosaurs

God creates Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg creates dinosaurs

Dinosaurs inspire man

Man destroys God

The Indie-to-Hollywood Conversion Factory creates Colin Trevorrow

Colin Trevorrow reverse-engineers a beloved childhood favorite and puts most of the pieces back in a satisfying, nostalgic and highly entertaining fashion, if also neglecting the importance of character and the great, oh-so-great value of Goldblumian acting capabilities.

Second-rate writers inherit the earth
Review by Evan ★★★½ 15

If I had seen this film when I was 13, I would have absolutely loved it. At 22 years old, I still really liked this movie. I'm essentially still a kid at heart, so I had a pretty darn good time with Jurassic World.

In a sense Jurassic World is kind of a bad film. It's messy, cheesy, predictable, and kind of stupid. The script is weak and the dialogue will make you roll your eyes. Despite all of that, I still had quite a bit of fun and I am a fan of this movie. As an entertainment piece it really delivered for me. It's very exciting and fun to watch. There's a lot of really solid action set…
Review by Tiago Costa ★★★ 5

The movie leans too much on dinosaurs being cool and Chris Pratt being likable and cool, the writing is really lackluster. The plotting of the two kids is some lazy second-hand Spielbergism.

The CGI looks great when the camera holds still, but the shots are constantly fast-panning during the action, making the screen a blurry mess. Several scenes seem to be there mostly to have stills of Chris Pratt looking good in front of a motorcycle, on a motorcycle, with a gun, etc.

It also has a dearth of solid female characters when compared to the original. In the original, Laura Dern played a scientist who was attractive but not sexualized, in this it's Bryce Dallas Howard, a neglectful ice…
Review by Matt Singer ★½ 10

This really might be the dumbest movie ever made.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 10

Jurassic World, directed by Colin Trevorrow, took me completely by surprise. Both a massive expansion of the original seeds planted by Jurassic Park and a supremely entertaining summer ride, Jurassic World thrives on the grand ideas woven within the franchise's DNA. And just like the obligatory new dinosaur, Jurassic World looks and feels like a hybrid. The result is a film of unevenness and odd subplots, always ready to jump to another quip or in-your-face statement.

And yet, this summer blockbuster transcends it all. Once the shit hits the fan, Jurassic World is as immensely satisfying and FUCK YEAH spectacular than anything that I've seen in quite awhile. It all comes together into a dinosaur epic that works precisely because…

Recent reviews

Review by lukehamel ½

I still like the lead actors even if theyre totally misused in this series. Colin Trevorrow remains a godawful filmmaker.
Review by Austin_B_64 ★★★

It's definitely not as good as "Jurassic Park": the characters aren't as memorable (and some are just plain unlikable), the self-aware humor is irritating, and the morality is even more overstated than it was in the original. And, yet...it does entertain. Delivering one intense set piece after another, I never once felt disinterested in what was happening. Despite its flaws, I'm glad I saw it.
Review by Manon ★★½

As a lizard pet owner; whenever any of the velociraptors died? I felt that :"(
Review by Katie ★★★

Claire Deering being able to survive this whole damn movie wearing court shoes puts me (someone who can barely last a night out in heels) to shame.
Review by ZoliBako ★★★½

This movie is actually a lot of fun, much more than I remembered. Not perfect by any means, as much of the dialogue is pretty clumsy and the plot is just okay. At the same time there is quite a lot of humour that works (i.e. Christ Pratt has some tongue-in-cheek macho remarks, but they're totally self-aware, not offensive), the movie is really well shot and edited, and the dinasours (along with the action) look great.
I'd say Jurassic World is superior to all the other Jurassic Park sequels.
Review by Filipe ★★★★★

Está muito bom, recaota o espírito do primeiro filme.
Review by Sarah ★★★★½

Okay, so my family and I really wanted to see "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" in theaters, so we watched "Jurassic World" first (although my dad was perfectly fine going to see the second movie without seeing this one first *eyeroll*). It was pretty good, and I really love Chris Pratt, so I was happy.
Review by MrFarSide ★★★★

It does its job. I mean, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM IT?
Review by barb3 ★★★½

Me watching this movie again? It’s more likely than you think.