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| Jurassic Park III |
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  (4/10)
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Runtime: 85 m |
| Public Rating: 7.60 (10 votes) |
Director: Joe Johnston |
MPAA Rating:  |
| Genre: Action / Adventure |
Year: 2001 |
| Writer(s): Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor |
| Reviewed by: Tonya Goodnow |
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While vacationing with his stepfather in Costa Rica, Twelve year-old EricKirby (Trevor Morgan) is stranded on the island of Isla Sorna (Jurassic Park"Site B") during a boating accident. Desperate to find him, Eric's divorcedparents, Paul and Amanda, come together to organize a rescue mission withpaleontologist Alan Grant as their unwitting guide. But the mission ispoorly planned and things go wrong almost immediately, stranding the Kirbysand their rescue team on the island as well. Though unprepared for thedangers ahead of them, they must somehow find Eric and get off Isla Sornaalive.If you can believe for a moment that a 12-year-old could survive on adinosaur infested island for 8 weeks (that's how much time lapses betweenhis accident and the rescue mission), the set-up for Jurassic Park III ispretty good. Unfortunately, the story deteriorates rapidly after that,jumping from one mediocre dinosaur scene to another. At a mere 85 minutes inlength, director Joe Johnston rushes us through interesting plot devices (areplicated raptor vocal bone, for one), focusing instead on the easy andobvious (like a satellite phone). And, of course, there's the "family"story, which manages to resolve itself without any effort whatsoever.For the most part, the characters are as flat as the paper they were writtenon (the Raptors seem to have more personality). Fine performances by WilliamH. Macy (Paul Kirby) and Michael Jeter (Udesky) do bring a little life tothe screen, but given the material, it's not enough to help this movie. Infact, every bit of depth they provide is destroyed by Sam Neill (reprisinghis role as Dr. Alan Grant), Téa Leoni (Amanda Kirby) and Alessandro Nivola(Billy), who largely perform as if reading straight from the script.Jurassic Park III isn't a complete failure, but it's definitely bland andunsatisfying. After a solid first act, the chopped up action sequences andrather abrupt ending that follow make it feel unbalanced and unfinished.Sure, the dinosaurs are cool to look at, but that's about all this movie hasto offer.
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