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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
U/A (INDIA)
1997
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Positive Reviews
36
Negative reviews
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2.0
The movie, at its best, is good fun: deft, scary, engrossing. Yet its never great fun.
EW
2.5
Where is the awe.Where is the sense that if dinosaurs really walked the earth, a film about them would be more than a monster movie
Rogerebert
5.0
The Lost World In the sequel to Jurassic Park, an expedition team is sent to Isla Sorna, the scene of a second dinosaur engineering factory.
3.5
The Lost World feels like less of a movie than it does a carnival ride all precipitous highs and nerve jangling lows.
2.5
May 23, 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park By STEPHEN HOLDEN t isnt the giant, carnivorous dinosaurs thundering through the jungle and pulling people ..
The New York Times
3.0
Most of the writing is the blandest sort of twaddle, jokes you can practically recite along with actors.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.3
The Lost World has the vibe of obligatory sequel, just what director Steven Spielberg probably wanted to avoid.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Not as good as the original, but as far a sequels go, its way, way above average.
5.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal) is a faster, more furious, and much scarier film than its blockbuster predecessor.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
Repetitiveness notwithstanding, The Lost World boasts several edge of the seat moments.
ReelViews
3.0
Producer actor Griffin Dunne has made the big leap into the realm of directing with his first feature, Addicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew ..
0.0
Spielberg doesnt shy away from depicting their deadly modus operandi, something thats made perfectly clear in their first major appearance.
Reel Film Reviews
5.0
Laramie Movie Scope: The Lost World: Jurassic Park A sequel thats better than the original by Robert Roten, Film Critic May 11, 1997 The Lost World: J ..
Lariat
2.0
(Some of these early reviews were written for my college newspaper with Kimber Kay, in the format seen here.
Eric Ds Nider
4.5
While the cloned package does elicit a nagging sense of dj vu, such feelings never get in the way of the overpowering excitement and spectacular speci ..
Radio Times
3.1
Steven Spielberg is no stranger to sequels. But The Lost World grinds along as his most mechanical effort.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
While the film suffers from the been there, done that syndrome, and has some major structural problems, as far as sequels go, The Lost World is one of ..
Internet Reviews
3.1
This was made to make money and entertain. And I think it achieved both of those, although not in any kind of spades.
Internet Reviews
2.5
Whereas Steven Spielbergs original Jurassic Park filled viewers with awe over the grandeur of nature, his sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, achie ..
Internet Reviews
2.5
Its just like watching Jurassic Park for the fifth time, when its hard to get worked up over a film which has little going for it besides big mechanic ..
Internet Reviews
3.0
It delivers a few thrills, some nice dinosaur effects, and packed theaters.
Internet Reviews
1.5
It all comes down to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are so...cool that we keep feeding off the last iteration of their coolness to bring them to new levels of c ..
3.8
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Q Network
4.0
With dazzling special effects and intense action sequences, its a fun ride, but not as nutritional as its predecessor strived to be.
Cinema Crazed
4.5
Lost World is a movie that takes the viewer on one of the most pleasurable rides youre ever likely to embark upon, without insulting your intelligence ..
3.0
The Lost World certainly has its moments but its a rather schizophrenic movie that lacks the simplicity of the original.
Bbc
3.8
Despite all of the basic improvements going into the production, the perfectly entertaining finished product still somehow manages to fall short of th ..
Mr Brown Movies
1.5
Save for superior special effects, The Lost World comes off as recycled material.
Chicago Tribune
3.0
Many people will find much to divert them in The Lost World, and not worry whether or not it falls short of Jurassic Park.
Calendar Live
2.5
Goldblums charisma carries the movie when hes not sharing the screen with reptiles.
Spliced Wire
4.4
The big game hunter Roland Tembo (played impatiently by Pete Postlethwaite dont you just love saying that name) was hard not to like.
Movie Habit
4.0
Spielberg amply delivers the goods with...The Lost World: Jurassic Park, a beautifully crafted series of nightmarish set pieces with no other goal in ..
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
Speilbergs big, noisy follow up to Jurassic Park is destined to be an even bigger money maker.
E Online
3.8
This summers blockbuster to beat is beach reading for the big screen, and why should it be otherwise
Movies Tv Guide
4.0
Theyre better armed and less educated, but Isla Sorna doesnt have any fences.
1.5
So its an utter shame, then, that The Lost World is such a monotonous, predictable sequel empty, sterile, unengaging and (the technical triumphs aside ..
Games Radar
1.0
While doing press for The Lost World: Jurassic Park, director Steven Spielberg said he decided to make this sequel because he was frustrated by the me ..
Larsen On Film
4.5
Pin +1 8 Shares Today marks the 20th anniversary of me defending The Lost World: Jurassic Park as my favorite Jurassic Park movie.
We Live Entertainment
1.5
While it pales in comparison to the original, theres plenty to appreciate when viewed through a different lens.
The Ringer
4.5
Sure, it might note have reached the heights that Steven Spielberg wanted but this doesnt make it a bad film.
Solzy At The Movies
2.0
Because thats what Lost World plays like: less than a sequel to, but more of a remake of Jurassic Park.
Scifi Movie Page
1.5
More turns out to be less in this lacklustre sequel, though once again the effects are a thrill to behold.
Film4
4.5
Physical marvel D.K. Metcalf could be WR the Bills need As expected, Mississippi WR D.K. Metcalf had a great combine, and if hes available at No. 9, t ..
Rochester Goes Out
1.5
In early 1997, I remember seeing trailers for the upcoming sequel: The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
It was inevitable that they would make a sequel, but did it have to be this one
Need Coffee
2.5
Special effects demand dino closeups, but the technical miracles seem sadly mundane.
Globe and Mail
1.5
Its a simple formula augmented by the most advanced cinema technology to satisfy the most primitive and most rapidly jaded of movie appetites.
Boston Phoenix
1.5
Shes unpredictable because shes innocent and hes complex because he doesnt want anyone to die (besides the male T Rex for which the permission to kill ..
Jaredmobarak
1.0
WHIM!!!rv!uur The dinos get meaner, the people dumber in lost World By ADAM SANDEL Sentinel film writer ReviewPOWER, CLOUT AND BOX office grosses are ..
Associated Press
3.8
Although the film has more of nearly everything than its predecessor, somehow the result is less.
Cine Matter
1.5
Since the American Cinematheque is screening Creature from the Black Lagoon next month as a tribute to Julie Adams, who died on February 3, it seemed ..
4.5
The best Jurassic Park sequel, because its directed by Steven Spielberg.
Mad About Movies Podcast
4.5
I maintain that if The Lost World was not automatically pitted against Jurassic Park by virtue of being its sequel, people probably would have gotten ..
Tor.com
4.0
A remarkably underrated film thats actually improved with age. The FX are still dazzling, the filmmaking is top notch, and please put Jeff Goldblum in ..
Chris Stuck Mann
4.5
That you get what you want, even as youre set up to want it, makes the film work.
3.1
I never held The Lost World in such high esteem, but I watched it multiple times and always felt it got a bit of a bum rap. After checking it out agai ..
Film and Felt
1.5
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Film Scouts
4.5
If Jurassic Park reminds us of the magic Hollywood is capable of, The Lost World shows us how quickly we get bored.
1.5
Has none of the awe or spectacle that its predecessor had perfected, nor any of the thoughtful moral and scientific analysis that made Jurassic Park u ..
Deep Focus Review
1.5
A film that has its moments, which includes some terrific action and visual effects, but overall remains one of Steven Spielbergs most disappointing a ..
In Session Film
3.5
The story, it must be said, is no great shakes, although its not half bad by action movie standards. But the action thats why we go see movies like th ..
Enquirer
1.3
Spielbergs dinos, manipulated by a small army of puppeteers, are watchable enough. But these artificial critters have little reason to be resurrected ..
4.5
Believe it or not, I come here not to bury The Lost World, but to praise it.
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