Jurassic World Rebirthmay be stomping into cinemas this summer,but it’s not exactly roaring with critical praise. Following a lukewarm premiere at London’s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on June 17,Gareth Edwards’ dinosaur epic is facing an uphill climb to prove it can breathe new life into a franchise over three decades old. And if you ask the director himself, the film’s mixed reception might just be the result of a very modern problem: people are over dinosaurs.
“There’s been many dinosaur films in terms of [Jurassic Parkmovies], and the audience, you’ve got to do something new and fresh to give them a reason to come see the movie,” Edwards told GamesRadar+. “And so by acknowledging that at the beginning and saying, ‘Look, audiences aren’t that interested in dinosaurs anymore,’ I thought it was like, ‘Okay, well, this is an honest beginning. Let’s see where we go from here.’”
Scarlett Johanssonleads the cast as Zora Bennett, withJonathan Baileyas paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis,Mahershala Alias hardened team leader Duncan Kincaid, andRupert Friendas a pharmaceutical exec with suspicious motives. Come on folks, did you think his motives would bepure?Along the way, the group encounters a stranded family and unravels a dark secret buried beneath the island’s overgrown terrain.
What Is ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ About?
Set five years afterJurassic World Dominion,Rebirthdrops viewers into a world where the spectacle of dinosaurs has all but faded. No more chaotic street chases or global crises—just isolated pockets of prehistoric life surviving on forgotten equatorial islands. Specifically, the story centers on Île Saint-Hubert, a remote Caribbean outpost that was once used for secret experiments. So secret that we’venever heard of it before. The idea is that our non-Alan Grants are going to extractdino DNAto create a life-saving drug.
The setup is bold to say the least and the themes are timely—corporate greed, fading wonder, environmental decay—but critics haven’t been won over. The film currently sits at a dismal 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, with most critics feeling like it’s just playing the Jurassic hits and not very well.
Collider’sAidan Kelleywas equally underwhelmed by the latestJurassicinstallment, awardingRebirthjust5/10 in his review, stating that: “There’s some fun to be had here, but overall,Jurassic World Rebirthfeels indicative that this franchise is not dissimilar from what the original film is trying to say about the ethics of cloning dinosaurs.Another one coming back might sound exciting or even revolutionary, but the hypothesis around the scenario never seems to account for the practicality.”
Jurassic World Rebirthis in theaters now.
Jurassic World Rebirth
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