Jurassic Park 3 Movie Review 2001

Neill (who skipped JP2) is back as Dr. Alan Grant, reluctantly leading a seach-and-rescue mission when a plane crash-lands on an island populated by his old nemeses, the dinos. Another new dinosaur species, the Spinosaurus, shows up and to make some more humans into snack food. The talented, and probably over-qualified, group of writers mercifully makes this trip a short one, making sure that any dialogue is mostly expository or in-joke amusing while glossing over the dumb-as-a-box-of-fossils plot and characters. The dinosaurs are, once again, impressive, if you haven't gotten enough of the computer-generated ferocity in the first two outings. Warning: Just because this franchise is getting progressively worse doesn't mean they didn't set up JP4.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rescue Missions, Island Fare, Dinosaurs, Air Disasters, Parenthood, Adventure Drama, Top Grossing Films of 2001

Screenplay

Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Cast

Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Jeter, Trevor Morgan, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young, Taylor Nichols, Mark Harelik, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Laura Dern

Cinematography

Shelly Johnson

Director

Joe Johnston

Music

Don Davis

Other

Thomas Causey, Gary Summers, Christopher Boyes, Robert Dalva, Doug Meerdink, Betsy Cox, Ed Verreaux, Jim Mitchell

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy, Larry J. Franco, Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures