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Jurassic World

Jurassic World

2015
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
2h 4m
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly. (imdb)

Jurassic World

2015
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
2h 4m
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Rated 25 Jul 2015
48
24th
"..and as you can see" the head accountant continues, "adding the Poochiesaurus Rex boosts expected revenue to ridiculous heights." The Omni Consumer Products execs applaud. "Once we realised we could simply copy the original product and replace its 'suspense' and 'sense of wonder' with our InsultinglyContrivedBullshit formula, we got results! We present to you... Jurassic World!". A reanimated dinosaur corpse shuffles into the room. It opens its crooked, drooling maw. Money falls out. Applause.
Rated 13 Jun 2015
36
31st
JW was brought to you by: Beats Audio, Samsung, Starbucks, Brookstone, Viewmaster, Verizon Wireless, Pepsi, Tostitos, Hasbro, Mercedes, Coca Cola, Nikon, Triumph, NBC/Jimmy Fallon, IWC, Ben and Jerry's, IMAX, Jamba Juice, Margaritaville, Hilton, and Pandora. Don't worry though, there are enough shreds of a story in there to keep this 'Logorama' of a film moving along, but not fast enough for you to miss all the plot conveniences and buffoonery packed into each scene. What a wasteful cash-grab.
Rated 21 Jun 2015
60
21st
As a lifelong fan of cinema, I find it discouraging that the global audience continues to reward mediocrity. This shattered the opening weekend box office record?? The msg we send is clear: characters, story and quality are not important to us. I don't think this is terrible by any means, but it plays it too safe; it doesn't try to be the best it can be and reach its potential - yet, we reward them with a massive bonus anyway! What incentive is there for studios to work hard and make great film?
Rated 16 Jun 2015
6
35th
At first I felt disappointed, as if lured into what seemed to be an appalling parade of product placement and tie-in appearances. But then a Mosasaurus devoured a careless British nanny after having been snatched by a ravenous Pteranodon. I then tore up my shirt in excitement and was asked to leave the premises.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
55
24th
Despite an enormous world to explore, it feels like we don't see much of it. There were too many plot lines and a lack of consistency; even with character personalities. The dinosaurs are cool, and the nostalgia nods were nice, sure, but I'd just rather watch the original JP a dozen times. Direction was lacking. Everything feels forced, like a hollow, corporate-sponsored set up for a sequel, even though the premise is exhausted now. But a $$ record breaking opening means another 'must be made.'
Rated 12 Jun 2015
60
34th
"Welcome to Remember Jurassic Park Park"
Rated 18 Jan 2016
75
29th
Lazy, dumb, by-the-numbers sequel with none of the heart of the original. Also, somehow, the effects look worse than they did in 1993.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
2
13th
Fun to laugh at, but make no mistake, this is a huge cash grab. Bad punch lines, paper doll characters, rehashed themes, dinosaur carnage towards the end that felt eerily similar to a dog fight, and somehow the VFX aren't as impressive as the 22 year old original (?). Early on it makes a lazy stab or two at rampant product placement only to force feed you rampant product placement for the entirety of the movie. It wants to lampoon consumerist hell while simultaneously being consumerist hell. No.
Rated 08 May 2018
38
39th
Jurassic World the movie is in many ways exactly like the entry's alpha villain, the I-Rex--crafted in a lab by evil Chinese investors without any regard to ethics or decency, artificially enhanced with CG and "hey ma, look, it's that guy from Guardians of the Galaxy" star power, void of any soul, beyond redemption, and ultimately destined to be pwnd by (the more memorable monsters from) the original Jurassic Park. Yet despite all that, life will find a way...to make a 5th installment.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
51
10th
Somewhere between Sharknado and Snakes on a Plane, with a gratuitous amount of callbacks to Jurassic Park and Aliens.
Rated 11 Jun 2015
59
30th
Cynically and manipulatively nostalgic, creatively bankrupt, yet somehow still enjoyable. The T-Rex somehow manages to look worse than it did twenty years ago. The best of the sequels, at least!
Rated 11 Jun 2016
30
28th
Tiresome franchise extension that tries so very very hard to copy and paste the formula of the previous ones but misses entirely the beat-by-beat action scenes where every action has an unexpected reaction, and fails to include Jeff Goldblum who (I realised with dismay) was quite possibly all the original really had going for it. Packed with glorious comic actors like Judy Greer, D'Onofrio, Lauren Lapkus and of course Chris Pratt who sadly are wasted on a cgi snoozer with a subpar script.
Rated 24 Jun 2015
50
28th
It seems like the people behind Jurassic World the movie has the same approach to movies as the guys behind Jurassic World the park has to theme parks. And from what I can understand, this makes both Jurassic World the park more profitable than Jurassic Park the park as well as Jurassic World the movie more profitable than Jurassic Park the movie. That saddens me as this is basically Jurassic Park written by those guys who write the story lines for WWE.
Rated 17 Jun 2015
65
58th
After an all-in-all well composed first act, the movie takes a wrong turn into uninspired monster territory (in which the lack of Spielberg's touch is missed the most) before completely letting go of the reins and climaxing in a wonderfully ridiculous final battle that sets a new standard for "jumping the shark".
Rated 15 Jun 2015
40
19th
Not nearly good enough. Sort of entertaining, granted, but the characters and their development are just plain awful. So no, I'll keep rewatching the more or less spotless original instead, thanks.
Rated 12 Jul 2015
68
37th
Spoiled kids vs negligent adults vs dinosaurs. Guess who I'm rooting for?
Rated 17 Jun 2015
5
57th
It's mildly enjoyable as a pure turn-off-your-brain adventure flick, but still falls far short of the classic 1993 original in both the pre-dinosaur attack and dinosaur attack phases. Pre-dinosaur attack, there's no one around with the sheer personality or great lines as Goldblum in the original. During the dinosaur attack, the CGI dinos just never convince me they're in the same physical space as our human heroes. I missed the raptor suits. Honestly, I think I like JP2: The Lost World better.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
50
38th
Jurassic World is a two hour long reason to watch Jurassic Park instead. This film adds literally nothing to the world, it's fairly competent but there is not any way in which it isn't less good than the original; even the special effects were handled better 20 years ago (when they couldn't just do the entire film in CGI).
Rated 14 Jun 2015
78
25th
This is by no means an amazing movie, but it's better than I thought it would be. Jurassic World, while still failing to live up to the spirit of Jurassic Park, manages very well on its own as a standalone film and a solid Summer blockbuster. Directing isn't too bad. It certainly passes the time and is probably the second best Jurassic Park movie, if one wants to even consider it a Jurassic Park movie and not just a Jurassic World movie. You won't be missing much if you skip this.
Rated 13 Jun 2015
45
2nd
A girl who loses her clothes during the story but becomes more and more sweaty, an alpha male with way too much testosteron and a badass dinosaur. All in 3D! It was hilarious awfull...
Rated 13 Jun 2015
55
35th
Jurassic World is a tough rank, because while it has all the makings of a summer blockbuster, it fails to become a really good movie. While it does sport some awesome scenes and CGI, it suffers from an underdeveloped cast of actors who some (not Pratt) seem to be phoning in roles. Trevorrow's cinematography is alright, but altogether he makes a film that doesn't live up to what was given to us in the original entry.
Rated 01 Dec 2017
72
41st
What kind of crazy world is it where sequels and remakes take up such a large proportion of releases, and to add insult to injury, the remakes have more originality than the sequels? This is the same movie that came out in 1993, only now it's an idea that's been used three times over. Let's make another park with dinosaurs, great fuckin' idea. Oh, no, they busted out again! Who could have predicted such catastrophe? Anyone with a memory, that's who, you fuckin' idiots.
Rated 12 Jul 2015
27
15th
This was fine for a theater flick, and had a surprisingly anti-capitalist message (albeit, this also made massive bank for a massive company a la The Lego Movie). Best part: When Chris Pratt masks his scent from the corporate-made dinosaur product (Indominus rex) using a different corporate-made dinosaur product (gasoline).
Rated 11 Jul 2015
40
14th
...Yeah, yeah, but your producers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
Rated 20 Jun 2015
56
13th
I don't think I ever need to see another "movie about movies" again.
Rated 18 Jun 2015
35
14th
A hot mess of a film which is the end result of too many writers in the writing room. There's a whole bunch of plot that goes nowhere and the only characterization is to build archetypes. So, really, the film is about the dinosaurs on screen, even as the film just barely tries to connect this with something larger (like the shadowy military cabal). Sometimes watching the dinosaurs is fun, but often, it's a boring experience. Chris Pratt has nothing to do, other than look handsome and strong.
Rated 16 Jun 2015
65
39th
I love the fact that Dr. Chinese played by B. D. Wong has been at InGen since at least '93, and probably 5-10 years before that (let's face it it making a dino takes time) ... and YET he is STILL surprised when the animals attack. Okay, not all the people in J.W. are dumb as fuck, but when the raptors and the big bad Designer Rex outfox you on several occasions it's not a good sign What is wrong with these people? When the alarm goes on at a park with actual dinos, YOU FUCKING RUN!
Rated 15 Jun 2015
37
21st
This summer's version of that recent GODZILLA remake: iconic, expensive monsters plopped into the lap of a director who doesn't know what the hell to do with them. Commercial-minded and completely unnecessary, and Trevorrow cannot competently handle the dinosaur action. No oomph here, no scares, and (until the last 15 minutes or so) no memorable set pieces to speak of. Lots of stiff performances, to boot. A soulless, halfhearted botch.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
47
31st
If Jurassic Park were a band they have re-recorded their best album adding only a few silly bonus tracks.
Rated 20 Jul 2015
68
21st
The best thing about this movie, after Vincent D'Onofrio having the best time playing a slimy ballbag, is that it seems to be almost entirely about how Jurassic World should never have been made in the first place.
Rated 08 Jul 2015
70
56th
The parts with dinosaurs were great, the parts with humans were not.
Rated 07 Jul 2015
54
50th
In the background, Jurassic World has an oddly self-aware commentary on its creative bankruptcy, blatant overuse of product placement, and desire to appeal to both nostalgic sci-fi lovers (Child A), and modern, disaffected teens (Child B). Consider the Indominus, a crowd-pleasing T. Rex / Raptor hybrid, sponsored by Verizon. Armed with a meta sense of fun, JW is actually an adequately enjoyable successor to the original. Plus now we can pretend that the other two sequels never happened.
Rated 02 Jul 2015
6
6th
That is one big pile of shit.
Rated 20 Jun 2015
35
11th
I'm not intending to be a wet blanket, an outlier or a contrarian - I legitimately thought this film was hot garbage. The first movie, which this one tries so desperately to ape, was a success because of rich characterization, great performances, stellar effects and half-a-ton of dramatic tension. In JW, the characters and writing are paper-thin at best, the performances are stilted (and almost every role is miscast), the effects don't wow and the characters are never legitimately in harm's way.
Rated 17 Jun 2015
1
9th
Absolutely fucking terrible.
Rated 15 Jun 2015
50
23rd
Pretty damn dumb. The plot was mostly just a bunch of cliche crap. The dinosaurs were too CGI heavy. All attempts to make me nostalgic for the first one made me roll my eyes. The few bits where I got that sense of wonder at seeing a dinosaur on the big screen were overshadowed by annoyance. Just wasn't for me.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
8
76th
JW is a worthy and by far the best sequel to follow the beloved JP. It doesn't achieve the same sense of wonder and amazement that JP did, but as a lifelong fan I felt like a child again and I had a lot of fun. Colin Trevorrow adds plenty of nostalgic and fan pleasing touches, Chris Pratt is great and Bryce Dallas Howard grew on me. There are writing and characterization issues and I would have preferred more animatronics. But the flaws are forgivable and overall JW is thoroughly enjoyable.
Rated 21 Mar 2018
50
31st
It is a ludicrous blockbuster, but there was a satisfying thread of malice. Jurassic World made its monster well. It killed characters with speaking lines and the movie barely shrugs. The death toll would be shocking - but in the end JW seems to feel that so long as the people you don't care for die then everything is okay. Similar to Star Trek Beyond where a huge death toll is swept under the carpet - but JW let's us see that we as viewers too do this with hardly a flinch.
Rated 09 Dec 2015
60
72nd
Turn off your brain and enjoy dinosaurs eating everyone and then fighting each other. Last 15 minutes felt like a WWE match (tag teams and all) Also, Chris Pratt uses Jedi mind tricks to control Raptors.....yeah.
Rated 11 Aug 2015
1
16th
I was eight years old when I watched Jurassic Park about a 100 times in the cinema and loved the film more than almost anything. I wanted to become an archaeologist even. I knew all the dinosaurs their names by heart and the walls of my room were filled with dino wallpapers. I scored the highest possible score for my school project about dinosaurs and fossils. Jurassic World raped all of this. Fuck you Jurassic World, please die.
Rated 28 Jul 2015
34
24th
CGI simply isn't as immersive as the animatronics of the first film. For a few shots they add some good sound and slight camera shake to create a sense of mass, but most of the time the giant dinosaurs appear weightless, especially toward the end and during dino-on-dino fights. The writing is of course derivative, while the weak cast is made even weaker by the child actors. Really they should have just brought back the original cast from the first film; there's no comparison. Disappointing.
Rated 21 Jul 2015
40
15th
you know when you band up with your old college buddies in your garage and jam out a few classics, then say "whew, that was great, we should do this again sometime" and part ways? that was what t-rex and the raptor did at the end, nonchalantly walking in different directions as the movie concluded. GUYS, seriously, a t-rex on the loose is basically the premise of the original film, not a fucking closure.
Rated 02 Jul 2015
56
32nd
Jurassic World: where the only suspense is your suspension of disbelief. Spoiler spoiler spoiler: the hilarious hackneyed anti-military character (this is grating even in Avatar, a movie directed by the guy that made the greatest corporate stooge ever in Aliens. If James Cameron ain't getting away with it, it's officially done) is right. He's right the whole time. Everything he thinks is true and everything he wants comes to fruition. Are we on the verge of a Top Gun era Jurassic sequel? Yikes!
Rated 01 Jul 2015
34
13th
An unstructured mess; feels like the plot was improvised during filming. The "friendly dinosaurs" stuff is nonsense, while the bafflingly rushed "romance" becomes the lynchpin of the ending. Add the wildly inconsistent characterizations, the "cool" staging of what is supposed to be horrific violence, the lame humor, the general waste of good actors in lousy parts, and the PG-13 (and possibly sequel-) friendly strategy of shoving major character deaths off-screen, and you have a recipe for trash.
Rated 26 Jun 2015
58
15th
Incredibly 'Hollywood'-esque. The original films had this problem as well but at least those had a certain charm. Maybe it's because this film is so full of (unconvincing) CGI that it all feels so lifeless. Or maybe it's the bland writing and characters. Or both. The Indominus Rex is far less intimidating than the original T-Rex. The dinosaurs feel fake, the characters feel like actors and the film feels like a modern re-imagining of the original JP. Bad but somehow it's quite watchable.
Rated 24 Jun 2015
65
54th
if only they'd put half as much effort into a cohesive third act as they put into trying to make chris pratt look cool (which didn't work once, i counted). it started out simply upscaling the original, but not without restraint, and that was fine. even the raptor thingy didn't seem that ridiculous at first. but then...i swear to god, i wouldn't have been surprised if the t-rex and the raptor high fived and chris pratt screamed after them "run, buddies, you're free now!"
Rated 21 Jun 2015
65
39th
There are only so many times dinosaurs can get loose and wreak havoc on their stupid human 'masters', and only so many times you can make the same point about the illusion of control, and not even Johnny Karate can change that. Disappointingly popular as it ensures several, even more hollow sequels in the future.
Rated 17 Jun 2015
40
26th
If I'd known this was just a remake/reimagining of the original I wouldn't have bothered, being yet another criminally lazy rehash of a decades-old film that still looks much better in comparison. Things are tweaked but essentially it's the same movie, save for the fact it fails to be anywhere near as suspenseful or exciting, with much of the conversation scenes downright dull. If this is over 20 years of progress then cinema truly is dying. Talking of which, the 3D once again adds nothing.
Rated 17 Jun 2015
50
25th
Weak on pretty much every level. Can't match the wonder nor thrills of the original. The characters are all stereotypes. Howard's character is the stuck-up, all-business woman who needs the superhuman alpha-male Chris Pratt to loosen her up and unlock her sexuality. Absolutely embarrassing. As for the action scenes: I just see CGI fighting itself and humans dodging out of the way of nothing. Maybe I sound cynical, but it just wasn't very fun or entertaining - just dull & silly.
Rated 15 Jun 2015
80
77th
The end scene was epic and how it had to be. I am surprised at the lower ratings for this. Beats by Dre.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
30
34th
Predictable, maybe too much relying on nostalgia with a lot of "hey remember Jurassic Park? That was a great movie!" scenes. Some of the most interesting parts of the film for me was just seeing a running dinosaur theme park and the attractions they designed for it. Still, enjoyable movie.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
4
12th
'Jurassic World' has its share of exciting action and touches of charm, but with uninspired characters, an overall absence of freshness, and a surprising mean streak, this installment pales in comparison to the original picture that instilled awe in audiences.
Rated 13 Jun 2015
80
81st
Jurassic World is entertaining the full length of the film. The ending seemed a little forced, but dino-battle! So, I can let that slip. Big minus is the female lead role, felt like a huge step back from the role of Ellie in Jurassic Parc. (Plus: The endless running around in high heels bothered me more than is healthy!)
Rated 13 Jun 2015
80
70th
Pretty damn fun. Basically everything that I want from this kind of movie. It homages while standing on its own as its own movie, and has lots of entertaining moments both action- and comedy-wise. It includes: Chris Pratt, velociraptors, Chris Pratt riding a motorcycle between four velociraptors, swerves, heel turns, babyface double-turns, and an ending sequence that is unadulterated movie-making fun. It's a tad cheesy, and it doesn't ask much performance-wise, but fan and non should take it in.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
34
26th
Very "safe" through playing the theme music at every opportunity/the last half hour being the movie version of a 4 year old smashing toy dinosaurs together. Really though it's impossible to recapture the awe of the original, on a meta level JW expresses this with hordes of margarita swilling tourists blocking your view of a T-Rex eating a goat. Side notes BDH is annoying, Pratt needed more Andy moments, the director must really hate his PA given the on screen version's fate.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
81
65th
The first Jurassic Park sequel that I don't feel compelled to qualify when I talk about enjoying it. I never felt compelled to say "It was good, but..." or "It wasn't bad, but...", I just enjoyed it start to finish. Also, to be honest, the last fifteen or so minutes is everything I ever wanted from a Jurassic Park sequel.
Rated 19 Feb 2018
6
42nd
I'm sure the anti-"bigger and better" thematic thread was more hypocritical than cleverly self-referential, but I appreciated it all the same (Owen has a great-and surprisingly lengthy-early back-and-forth with Hoskins: "Progress always wins" "Maybe progress should lose for once"), and so help me, despite some plot contrivances, I loved the bigger, darker dino-action (see the bird snatch) and the badass final bite. It's decently funny too (see Lowery and his failed aftermath-kiss attempt).
Rated 19 Jun 2017
45
14th
Jurassic World isn't bad as far as remix-reboots are concerned, and it's at least self aware, but a feeling of redundancy inevitably sets in that erases any potential enjoyment. Pratt and Howard are attractive but hollow as the two leads, and the script was seemingly assembled on the fly. The modern theme park concept held promise, but they did nothing with it, and Trevorrow's direction is surprisingly poor until the CGI laden dino fight finale, which is fine but it's too late to save it.
Rated 31 May 2016
56
20th
The real lesson here is that they should just keep the aqua dinos and scrap the rest, at least those ones can't run amok when they inevitably break their feeble human confines. The 'jumping the shark' scene was the best bit.
Rated 09 May 2016
35
19th
Completly lacks the charm of the first movie. The writers of the movie pretty much sums it up in their own dialogue within the movie. Why make a super monster, dinosaurs should be enough. Sadly just another of a long line of revived franchises that is only out there to make money, not add something new to the universe
Rated 09 Jan 2016
40
28th
*Minor Spoilers* Thanks to 'Jurassic World', I've been able to scratch two items from my list of phobias: Dinosaurs and gene manipulation. Sure we can blend dino DNA and create the perfect double-sized T-Rex with every conceivable upgrade we can think of (longer arms being the obvious addition), but we can never teach it the simplest of Shyamalanian wisdom: If you're alien to this world then stay clear of water. Bwwrrr I feel like writing more, but this review is making my ablutophobia act up.
Rated 30 Dec 2015
66
29th
About as silly and underwritten a blockbuster imaginable, yet somehow despite that (and thanks to Pratt+BDH), Jurassic World is an enjoyable, well-paced action film. I give Trevorrow a lot of credit for somehow yanking on the right strings to make fun set pieces out of what is a spectacularly stupid screenplay. There's a fleeting hint of a great idea, the blockbuster-franchise-as-theme-park, which is never exploited and (along w/ woeful characterisation) deserved better writing. Rewatch = +2
Rated 21 Dec 2015
65
46th
The theme park actually felt like a theme park, bustling with queues of people and product placement, dingy staging areas in the background. Pratt was a likeable and capable lead, but the characterisation of pretty much everyone was a bit forced..."he's like this because....". It's all utterly ludicrous, of course; shocking health and safety procedures, trainable velociraptors and a smirking evil beardy. Still, it's good fun, even though we've seen it all before.
Rated 14 Nov 2015
53
20th
There are times when you can feel where the script was "punched up". At one point, the climax made sense within the movie's own world--it called back to a theme established earlier (mutual respect v. control). Then it instantly decided to elevate the action (twice) in ways that were totally incongruent with the story. Even for a franchise like this that is justifiably focused on spectacle, it really does a disservice when story is so obviously second fiddle.
Rated 14 Sep 2015
10
0th
Incompetently put together, with the worst writing and direction of any movie (period) in at least the last year. Joylessly dreadful and stupid. Did they take two disparate scripts, combine them in a blender, and just film whatever came out, and not question anything because they knew they'd make money regardless of the box office, because of all the product placement? It's not so bad it's good; it's so bad it's pitiful. Really, really pitiful.
Rated 19 Jul 2015
68
30th
Not nearly as bad as expected. There is quite a bit of fan service and fortunately it puts the original at the top of the food chain. Mercedes. Too much CGI in places though, and the gotta-show-all-the-dinos mentality hurts in the end. The kiss was poorly timed and romance arc lazy. The two kids did just enough to be tolerable, but they have none of the charm of Lex and Tim. Mercedes. Hearing the music with those views is almost worth it alone.
Rated 18 Jul 2015
30
15th
They can custom engineer their own dinosaurs but they can't afford working phones? Seriously, every time they tried to communicate with someone, it was static. This one adds an aquatic dinosaur, so if you thought any of the previous Jurassic Parks needed that then you'll like this one
Rated 14 Jul 2015
3
28th
Only after you see the credits and see 4 writers does it make sense why the writing is so convoluted. It's so absurd that they ask you to believe that the US would train raptors in order to hunt terrorists in the middle east. The only accurate writing was displaying the alpha/beta relationship and showing how poor of natural leaders women are. Really by the numbers and often quite boring and uninteresting. And as I said of Jurassic Park 3...how do you make dinosaurs boring?
Rated 11 Jul 2015
55
13th
To say this is the best Jurassic Park sequel is damning it with faint praise. It's the kind of movie I wouldn't turn off if I stumbled upon it on TV but wouldn't go out of my way to watch again. I would've liked more large-scale sequences that took advantage of the large crowds in the open park but we don't get much of it instead we get small groups running around the island, which we've seen before done better. Just keep watching the original, it's a classic for a reason.
Rated 03 Jul 2015
35
10th
This bored me out of my mind. The complete antithesis of Mad Max: Fury Road, especially with regards to its treatment of female characters.
Rated 30 Jun 2015
60
12th
Everything that's good about this is either self-homage or self-plagiarizing, and everything that's bad is half-baked CG which somehow looks worse than it did 25(!) years ago.
Rated 20 Jun 2015
2
31st
Pretty disappointed. The story holds every standard monster-movie-plot, and the characters are dull. I clearly expected too much. *Okay
Rated 20 Jun 2015
82
47th
Okay. All right. There will never be a Jurassic Park as good as the first, and Jurassic World transparently explains why, but World does the best it can with its impossible expectations. I've seen people deriding this film for its spectacle-over-substance quality, but that's all any sequel to Park can manage to be. All moral ruminations are explored by Park, and so each sequel, even Lost World, only has dino craziness as its main asset. It's smartly made where it can afford to be.
Rated 19 Jun 2015
79
55th
As formulaic as possible, it doesn't have characters as much as archetypes: the child stand-in's an adorable tow-head; the hero works on motorcycles to relax; the heroine needs to realize what's really important. All of this is strung together by a string of implausibilities. Still, the thrills pick up once some pterodactyls turn a babysitter into a ragdoll and the last 30 minutes of the film has the good sense to give us plenty of dino vs dino action and even turn the raptors into good guys.
Rated 18 Jun 2015
67
41st
My expectations for this were so low that my impression upon first viewing is likely inflated, but I enjoyed the hell out of 2/3 of this movie. Many of the cringe-worthy commercial moments ended up being drowned out by a dumb spectacle that made my drunk ass smile.
Rated 15 Jun 2015
78
15th
The postmodern sequel. All pretense to sincerity abandoned, but better than JP3. JP1 is an auteur's parable for nature's ghost in the machine in revolt against scientific "progress;" here, the focus-grouped spectacular bio-as-machine (weapon) is in revolt. Tourists munch their popcorn like good spectators while shopping at Brookstone, only to be torn to shreds by airborne genetic monsters, while hipsters ironically save the day. But does it give us warmth? Nope, just cynical simulacra.
Rated 15 Jun 2015
55
18th
My first thought is nope, there isn't really much new in this film and sure enough that is the case. It's noisy and a lot of people get eaten by dinosaurs but that's about it. I'd pass and go see something else with lots of noise and sand instead.
Rated 14 Jun 2015
70
28th
It was really dumb but by the final showdown I didn't even care and was actually getting a real kick out of how ridiculous it had gotten so as a Jurassic Park movie it must be doing something right, right?
Rated 14 Jun 2015
60
25th
A nostalgia factory at best, and a mediocre summer blockbuster at its worst. Still, there were enough dino fights to entertain and the Alpha-Male-that-is-Chris-Pratt is comical...even when he isn't meant to be. Comparisons to the original, while inevitable, are pointless. You will never have the same experience as watching JP in 1993.
Rated 13 Jun 2015
55
50th
Same story different actors. :(
Rated 13 Jun 2015
65
28th
An uninteresting plot filled with dumb stereotypical characters is countered with really fun action set-pieces. It's nowhere near the quality of the first film, but it's better than the previous sequels. It works as a big dumb popcorn movie. It takes awhile for the dull story to get into motion but once the action kicked in I found myself having a really good time.
Rated 21 Feb 2018
68
28th
Hollywood blockbuster that plays it incredibly safe, eschewing any genuine artistry or originality for a by-the-numbers, passably mediocre kinda-dumb action flick reliant on nostalgia, who's best praise is that it wasn't as terrible as the other two Jurassic Park sequels. I watched it once and have been given no reason to want to watch this or any of its upcoming sequels again, especially wile the masterpiece original Jurassic Park exists. -2 pts for the egregious level of product placement.
Rated 30 Jul 2016
60
5th
Jurassic World has got to be the most spectacular Mercedes ad ever, full of action and glamorous lens flare shots. But its story & characters are underwhelming; even the naturally witty Chris Pratt seems pale in this soulless, superficial, ill-conceived clusterstomp. Plotholes are GAPING everywhere. It's basically a movie about a bunch of bumbling, conniving idiots mismanaging the most dangerous theme park on earth. I wouldn't entrust those guys with running a popsicle stand. Not with my money!
Rated 19 Apr 2016
39
14th
A smorgasbord of narrative stereotypes and unrelenting safe violence that seems driven more by some kind of untapped social ennui than any real purpose. Maybe it's the caffeinated culture it describes, but we simply take it as an assumed that these characters matter, and we should care about their adventure, without making any true investment their direction. There was a lot of aw shucks but no awe. Depressing.
Rated 22 Jan 2016
10
6th
A prime example of everything that's wrong with Hollywood blockbusters.
Rated 29 Nov 2015
13
10th
I agree with others that Jurassic World is a hysterical caricature of a blockbuster, indulging itself with scenes of surprising violence (the death of one secondary character) and fan service both ridiculous (the motorcycle scene) and/or interminable (the raptor-and-rex-teamwork conclusion). I suppose I get the impulse behind not taking this whole thing seriously, but then what's the point? It's just another summer blockbuster, only more so and with more than a hint of self-loathing.
Rated 28 Nov 2015
60
10th
A remarkably soulless and plodding attempt at a thrillride, filled with cookie-cutter characters and motivations, and action scenes without any sense of danger or intrigue. So, in that regard, I guess it's the exact opposite of Jurassic Park. Has a couple of good scenes (The pterodactyls dropping out of the sky and pulling people into the air is the one setpiece that worked for me) and hey, Lauren Lapkus is in it. She's great. The "ironic capitalism" thing made me want to vomit.
Rated 28 Oct 2015
65
45th
Good CGI and Chris Pratt give this only a decent score. It's insane and insulting at times, and plays like satire except it doesn't seem to be in on that fact.
Rated 27 Sep 2015
50
12th
Manages to make dinosaur chaos somehow insipid, and does so with a mean streak and self-loathing cynicism that makes it uncomfortable to watch for all the wrong reasons. There are some fun performances in spite of the poor dialogue and few chances anyone gets to establish any sense of multi-faceted character, but ultimately I just felt sorry to see so many good people in such a so-so movie. Even taken as nothing more than a dino-fest it isn't hugely memorable.
Rated 30 Aug 2015
70
14th
The script is dumb, but the oafish yet cunning menace of Vincent D"Onofrio kept my interest, and I was delighted when (not really a "spoiler") he was chomped to death by a raptor. The art direction is excellent, and made me believe it was a real theme park (I think I could map it right now, by myself!) Otherwise, not much. The finale is so frenetic and over the top that I started to yawn. The suspenseful attack of the raptors at the end of "Jurassic Park" was a much more effective conclusion.
Rated 12 Jul 2015
60
30th
There's excellent casting choices here with kid actor #1 and #2 who seem to exemplify everything nostalgic about 80's and 90's films without memorable features. You get child actors that remind you of Goonies or the Feldmans without witty lines or star power for us to recall them. ingenius. This is repackaging nostalgia. It's revisitation of another contemporary film. When Ho-wood is retreading SFX laden blockbusters from only 20 something years ago the well is as dry as a nun's honey pot.
Rated 11 Jul 2015
40
13th
The way it embraces many of the original's beloved elements -- gate, Jeep, fences design, sound effects and even its (now) antique publicity -- is a true bliss. But JW's ambition to show more teeth ends up biting some cold meat. The film never finds its inner voice and has to look back for Spielberg's PG-13 sollutions, like blood splatter against glasses and trees, or even embrace some Transformers/Pacific Rim/Godzilla reboot-like sense of spectacle.
Rated 27 Jun 2015
5
12th
"Dinosaurs just aren't exciting anymore." Uh no that is incorrect because millions of people are flocking to the movie which is essentially the exact same as the other and there are like 15 Land Before Times.
Rated 22 Jun 2015
78
12th
Fantastically ridiculous ending, lots of dino fun. Bad CGI and unlikeable characters make it a bit of a disappointment after all this time. Honestly barely better than the other sequels, if better at all.
Rated 21 Jun 2015
2
17th
reminder that the effects in jurassic park were noticably better than this, not to mention better than just about every other blockbuster released this decade. everyone should read THIS positive review though because it's wonderful: http://letterboxd.com/davoarid/film/jurassic-world/1/
Rated 20 Jun 2015
50
49th
Some really good computer graphics and special effects but also much was substandard. The ridiculous plot ruins it. Reptiles surviving being shot and raptors for warfare was nonsense. Nothing made sense. They successfully destroyed the sense of immersion and wonder. Tedious dialog and acting esp. from Chris Pratt. Unsatisfying & unbelievable. A waste of a franchise with huge potential. Abysmal writing and atrocious editing. Perhaps 20 minutes of great stuff, but the rest is garbage!
Rated 18 Jun 2015
78
42nd
Flawed? Sure. The characters are a bit thin and the plot takes a while to get interesting, but the film pushes the unique Jurassic Park concept forward in ways the other two sequels really didn't. And in a time when plenty of sequels fall victim to blatant, distracting nostalgiurbation, it's relatively tasteful in its homages to the original.
Rated 18 Jun 2015
83
48th
OLD SCHOOL T-REX IS THE BEST!!!!!
Rated 16 Jun 2015
60
30th
Deja vu. I can't really take the raptor army seriously enough to fully get into the movie, but at least there's no victory by gymnastics. It's fine for the most part, but never touches the greatness of the first one. Nice to see Christ Pratt's audition tape for Indiana Jones, though.
Rated 15 Jun 2015
75
73rd
Jurassic World is loud and dumb, but I'll be darned if I didn't enjoy every minute. I can look past the plot issues involving children and their magic fannypack or cliche ridden plots if the movie has fun with what it is delivering, and JW sure does. There's also an argument to be had for the Indominus Rex as a metaphor for "reboots." It's a few new elements, a few old. And in the end, it's taken down mostly by nostalgia.

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