Landmark Film for the Art of Visual Effects

Rating: 7/10 (10 February 2009)

Steven Spielberg's "what if" movie set in a theme park where dinosaurs have come back to life holds up remarkably well today.
This is Spielberg at his best, taking us on a fun house ride and making us feel like we're eight years old again. The visual effects in this movie were absolutely AMAZING at the time, and still look great today. "Jurassic Park" is one of those landmark films -- there were visual effects before it and there are visual effects after it, and it's clear that this film changed the course of the art form forever.
"Jurassic Park" is also the movie that inspired a short-lived crush on Laura Dern for me. I think it was watching her run around in those cargo shorts.
Grade: A-