Return to Jurassic Park (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, Return to Jurassic Park is an action, thriller, adventure and mystery film directed by Laurent Bouzereau, running about 129 minutes.

What it’s about. 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).

Who’s in it. Return to Jurassic Park stars Steven Spielberg as Self, Jeff Goldblum as Self, Sam Neill as Self and Laura Dern as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.6/10, Return to Jurassic Park has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Return to Jurassic Park page.

If you liked it. Fans of Return to Jurassic Park tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.