Jurassic Park (1993)

Genre: Science Fiction

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum

Time: 124 minutes

Based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name, Jurassic Park tells the story of industrialist John Hammond and the lawyer of his investors, Donald Gennaro, who bring paleontologists Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler, along with mathematician and chaos theorist, Ian Malcolm, to a Costa Rican island where they have built a theme park where people can see dinosaurs that were genetically recreated. The team’s mandate is to evaluate the site for safety after a handler was killed by a Velociraptor.

Science fiction is not really my genre, but I felt like I was long overdue, as a cinephile, to see this movie. While this is not my cup of tea and I found the acting to be sometimes a little over-the-top, the visual beauty of what has been pulled off here has to be recognized. Made me chuckle to see Wayne Knight basically playing a version of his Seinfeld character here.

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