Jurassic Park III Reviews

Jurassic Park III Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 1.5/4)
Directed by Joe Johnston. Screenplay by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor, based on characters created by Michael Crichton. Starring Sam Neill, William H Macy, Tea Leoni. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on August...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Ram Samudrala
/Jurassic Park III/ is a fast-paced action film filling its short running time with adequate plot and action, but the film doesn't tread any new ground. more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B+)
Jurassic Park III is shameless populist entertainment, short, breezy, well-made and unpretentious. It's the epitome of the cliche that is the "popcorn movie." Free of the scientific and ethical mumbo-jumbo that polluted the first two installments in the...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Michael Dequina (Rating: 2.5/4)
For an installment of one of the most lucrative screen franchises in history, _Jurassic_Park_III_ arrives on screens with a curious lack of hype, at least compared to some other so-called "blockbusters" this summer. Sure, _Jurassic_Park_ and...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Walter Chaw (Rating: 2/4)
JURASSIC PARK III ** (out of four) starring Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola screenplay by Peter Buchman and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor directed by Joe Johnston more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Homer Yen (Rating: B-)
"JP III" is like "Alien" for toddlers. In that sci-fi thriller, audiences saw oozing aliens on a space station stalking and munching doomed victims running amuck. So, if you've seen that one, you kind of know what to expect in terms of thrills and...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Jerry Saravia
Steven Spielberg is one of the few directors that can produce real movie magic on screen. Consider the magic wand he waved in such classics as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E.T.", "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." "Jurassic Park" is no...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2/4)
As Dr. Ian Malcolm so succinctly put it in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (the second go-round of the trilogy-to-date ... and there's absolutely no reason why they should call it quits with this one), "Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts. Then...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10)
CAPSULE: A short punchy action sequel to the two dinosaur films made by Steven Spielberg. Joe Johnston directs a straightforward story of an excursion back to the island of the dinosaurs. It lets us see some new dinosaurs (is that an...more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 3/5)
Jurassic Park III (2001) Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young. Written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on characters created by Michael Crichton....more

Jurassic Park III Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+)
Steven Spielberg has relinquished the directing reins of his successful dino franchise and gives Joe Johnston ("Jumanji") a chance to play with the big boys in "Jurassic Park III." more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: C-)
Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill, "Jurassic Park") is becoming disillusioned. Paleontology is no longer the sexy science it once was since the Ingen Corporation cloned his subject matter. His lectures bring people interested in his adventures on Isla Nubla...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Jon Popick
The press notes for Jurassic Park 3 proudly trumpet the fact that there are as many new dinosaurs in the new sequel as there were in the first two films combined. While that may sound impressive, it simply means that the filmmakers are concerned only...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Dustin Putman (Rating: 3/4)
Directed by Joe Johnston. Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Trevor Morgan, Alessandro Nivola, Laura Dern, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Nash. 2001 - 92 minutes Rated PG-13 (for violence and mild profanity). Reviewed by Dustin...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Jerry Saravia
The ads proclaim that this is not just another a walk in the park. Indeed, it is in fact a well-travelled path through the same damn park. Do not expect the filmmakers of this latest snooze to know what it means to entertain the audience. One, twice,...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
After the wildly popular but cheesy THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, moviegoers have been wondering whether JURASSIC PARK III, this time directed by Joe Johnston (OCTOBER SKY and JUMANJI), would follow the usual movie rule whereby each sequel is another...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Annette Cardwell (Rating: 4/5)
While the first Jurassic Park was mediocre and the second film god-awful, Jurassic Park III finally gets the formula right. These movies were never meant to be science heavy or overly sentimental; they should've been what #3 is -- an amusement park...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2.5/4)
JURASSIC PARK III (2001) 2 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Michael Jeter, Trevor Morgan, John Diehl and Laura Dern. Written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. Directed by John Johnston. Approx. 96...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10)
Susan Granger's review of "JURASSIC PARK III" (Universal Pictures) This third installment continues the story of a paleontologist, Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) who, eight years ago, accepted an invitation from InGen industrialist John Hammond to...more
Jurassic Park III Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Director: Joe Johnston Writer: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, based on Michael Crichton's characters Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro...more