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Director: Steven Spielberg
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From Time Out Film Guide
Jaws with claws. Now, however, with state-of-the-art computer-generated effects, the creatures are so good you hardly care what the rest of the film is like. Unfortunately, Spielberg seems to share the disinterest. The premise is solid - scientist clones dinosaurs from blood found in insects trapped in amber, invites distinguished guest and children to his living theme park, and watches helplessly as the behemoths run amok - but the plot is full of inconsistencies and shipwrecks from Michael Crichton's novel. The performances are merely passable (save the kids and Dern), and Goldblum is ludicrous as the chaos theorist. His cod mottos are all that's left of the ethical debate, and the only discernible theme is pure Spielberg: palaeontologist Neill starts off hating children but learns to love them. But why quibble? Spielberg is still supreme as an action director, and when the T Rex makes beefburger of the jeep, or the vicious 'Raptors stalk their human prey, the film inspires wonder and awe.Author: DW
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- Posted on Sep 26 2007 13:49 THE ORIGINAL AND BEST! AS A FIRST THE ANIMATION WAS FAB, BUT LIKE SO MANY BLOCKBUSTERS IT SPAWNED SEQUELS THAT ADDED NOTHING TO THE ORIGINAL.
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Cast & crew
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R Molen
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Peck, Samuel L Jackson full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 127 mins
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