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Poster for Return to Jurassic Park

Return to Jurassic Park

Seen it?

2011 | 129 min | Documentary

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for the curious.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 9 min.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.6 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a modest audience

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Laurent Bouzereau

  • Steven SpielbergSelf
  • Jeff GoldblumSelf
  • Sam NeillSelf
  • Laura DernSelf
  • Fay WraySelf (archive footage)
  • Michael CrichtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Joseph MazzelloSelf
  • Ariana RichardsSelf
  • Vince VaughnSelf
  • Pete PostlethwaiteSelf