Parental Guidance

Parental Guidance: Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience

We give you what you need to know about the family-friendliness of this week's new releases.

by | April 4, 2013 | Comments

 

This week in family viewing, we’ve got an oldie but goodie. Jurassic Park is getting a deluxe 3D re-release, so we figured we’d remind parents of how scared they were when they saw it 20 years ago. Read on for more.

In Theaters This Week:

Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience

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What’s it about? In Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster, a millionaire invites a pair of scientists to a remote island, where has created an animal preserve for cloned dinosaurs. What could possibly go wrong?

Who’s it for? It’s rated PG-13 “for intense science fiction terror.” If you saw Jurassic Park in the theater when it first came out, you know that the MPAA isn’t lying, It’s safe for teens, but it’s sure to give younger kids nightmares.

Is it any good? Critics found Jurassic Park to be more spectacle than substance, but also were quick to note that it’s spectacle of a very high order.