Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Trevorrow is having fun taking as little of this as seriously as he needs to.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
12 Jun 2015
fresh:
If you limit your expectations for Jurassic World to "more teeth," it will deliver on that promise. If you dare to hope for anything more-relatable characters, narrative coherence-you'll only set yourself up for disappointment.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
13 Jun 2015
rotten:
There is plenty here to divert, but little to leave you enraptored. Such is the fate of the sequel: Bigger. Louder. Fewer teeth.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
15 Jun 2015
rotten:
So basically, Jurassic World is a big-budget indictment of corporate greed, jammed with product placement for Samsung and Mercedes-Benz and Beats by Dre and Coca-Cola.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
16 Jun 2015
rotten:
The characters are all paper-thin, but that doesn't matter because their sole purpose is to get chomped.