Movie · 2022 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · 2h 27m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 0.4/10 (869.9K ratings)
The epic conclusion of the Jurassic era.
Overview
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.4/10
IMDb: 5.6/10
Letterboxd: 2.27/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 29%
Metacritic: 38
TMDB: 6.6/10
Director
Colin Trevorrow
Production
Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Cast
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Scott Haze, Dichen Lachman, Kristoffer Polaha, Caleb Hearon, Freya Parker, Alexander Owen, Ahir Shah
Where to watch
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A noisy, overstuffed franchise capper that has a few crowd-pleasing dinosaur moments but spends too much time on convoluted plotting, nostalgia bookkeeping, and undercooked character work. If you want big-screen creature chaos, there are better, tighter options.
Best for
die-hard Jurassic franchise completists
viewers who mainly want dinosaurs and legacy cameos
fans of glossy blockbuster spectacle who can forgive messy storytelling
Skip if
you want suspense that builds cleanly
you care about coherent worldbuilding
you’re hoping for the primal wonder of the original films
you’re easily bored by exposition-heavy franchise wrap-ups
Overview
Jurassic World Dominion feels like a movie built from obligations: bring back the legacy cast, answer the previous film’s cliffhanger, widen the world, and somehow make dinosaurs matter again. The result is a franchise finale that is often loud and busy, but rarely thrilling in the way the best Jurassic films are. It has scattered set pieces and a few fun creature beats, yet the overall experience is more dutiful than exciting.
Worth noting
The film’s biggest problem is that it keeps reaching for scale while losing momentum. Instead of leaning into the chaos of dinosaurs loose in the modern world, it spends a lot of time on corporate intrigue, genetic MacGuffins, and familiar callbacks. The cast is game, and there are moments when the old and new ensembles click, but the script rarely gives them enough to do beyond move from one chase to the next.
Bottom line
For viewers who just want a polished studio spectacle with dinosaurs, it can still pass the time. But compared with the franchise’s best entries, this one feels flatter, less inventive, and oddly cautious. It’s a finale that remembers what you liked about Jurassic, then keeps stepping around it.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Karsten (1★) · 18597 likes
at one point a kid in front of me got so bored he started doing a headstand in his seat which would normally be annoying but in this case was the most entertaining part of the movie
Jimmy (2★) · 12977 likes
Tom Cruise would've used real dinosaurs.
Patrick Willems (1.5★) · 8031 likes
Me: “okay so based on the ending of the last one, this should be pretty fun, right? Dinos taking over the world, raptors massacring people in the streets of LA, pteranodons attacking baseball games, a T-Rex shows up at Coachella, stuff like that”
Colin Trevorrow: “lol no it’s actually about bugs causing crop shortages”
Alex IHE (0.5★) · 4751 likes
Another nostalgia cash-grab for the pile. I’d respect the idiocy if it wasn’t so painfully boring.
tittytwister (2★) · 3786 likes
Things that aged well:
Jeff Goldblum
Things that aged badly:
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