Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's reviews
Media reviews
Entertainment Weekly
''Howard, thankfully, gets more to do than the last go round (and in combat boots, no less!), Pratt busts out his signature Indiana Jones cocktail of can-do heroism and deadpan sarcasm, and Bayona and his screenwriters (Trevorrow and Derek Connolly) test the laws of incredulity with varying degrees of success. Up until then, Fallen Kingdom is exactly the kind of escapist summer behemoth you want it to be''.
The Hollywood Reporter
''Here, working from a script by the last pic's Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow, Bayona not only nods to the history of classic monster movies and the legacy of original Jurassic helmer Steven Spielberg, he brings his own experience to bear, treating monsters like actual characters and trapping us in a vast mansion that's as full of secrets as the site of his breakthrough 2007 film, The Orphanage''.
Vanity Fair
''The second half of Fallen Kingdom does something nifty. Bayona revisits some aesthetics and moods from his lauded 2007 horror film The Orphanage by turning Fallen Kingdom into something of a spooky mansion movie, rainy and atmospheric and full of creeping shadows. It?s a surprising delight''.
The Guardian
''This cinematic theme park ride is bigger, louder, and has more teeth than either Jaws or Jurassic Park. Yet what it gains in size it loses in terms of dramatic logic and, more importantly, character chemistry. The result is a spectacular summer blockbuster that will doubtless eat the box office alive, but that remains all bark and no bite''.
The Wrap
''What was exciting and scary then feels expected and very hackneyed now''.
Cinemanía
'''The Fallen Kingdom' promises a lot when it comes to introduce new concepts and characters, but when it comes about developing the story, it falls into the same sin as 'Jurassic World'''.
El Mundo
''The best movie from the franchise since 1993. [?] The ability of J.A. Bayona to make the precepts of a saga like this in one of them, puts him on the same side of the greatests''.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote