“What’s a nice guy like Superman doing in a mean place like this?”
“… delivers the dino goods in a way we haven’t seen since Jurassic Park.”
“… something like a Mission: Impossible movie that’s replaced Tom Cruise with Robocop.”
“… as if Boyle and Garland had nearly 28 years of their own to generate ideas, then ended up smooshing them all into a single film.”
“… unwisely asks Del Toro to conform to a particular Anderson type.”
“… fumbles its own legacy, largely by believing it had one in the first place.”
“… gently, but profoundly, explores questions of memory, identity, and purpose.”
“… a tale of fog and blood.”
“… a bittersweet consideration of what it means to belong to a family, a city, a country.”
“… keeps you on your toes with a rare combination of wit, emotion, and empathy.”
“Tries to bridge both Jurassic eras…”
“… a laconic reappraisal of America in the dismal 1970s.”
“… an apocalyptically eerie argument that there is something more than the material world.”
