Jurassic World 2 Fallen Kingdom REVIEWS are in: What are critics saying?

Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt are back for the sequel to the phenomenally successful Jurassic World, which for a short time held the record for the best ever box office opening in the US.

It’s good news: the film has launched to a positive early reception, and – at time of writing – its early score on Rotten Tomatoes is 82%.

The Hollywood Reporter hail the movie as “a thrill ride that finally escapes the theme park”, while Digital Spy said: “The initial joy of Fallen Kingdom’s action extravaganza is tempered by the smaller-scale feel of its second half, even as a strong ending suggests another evolution in this storyline.

“All of which balances out into a perfectly enjoyable franchise entry.”

In a review issuing a B+ grade, Entertainment Weekly said: “The less you try to dissect it, the more you’ll enjoy it.”

And Vanity Fair compared it favourably to Jurassic World, reasoning: “Fallen Kingdom considers the idea of letting go, making it a more thoughtful and interesting film than its immediate predecessor.”

Variety concurred: “The first Jurassic World was, quite simply, not a good ride.

“Fallen Kingdom is an improvement, but it’s the first Jurassic film to come close to pretending it isn’t a ride at all, and as a result it ends up being just a passable ride.”

Not every review has been positive so far. IndieWire said in a C- critique: “The franchise’s latest entry takes its cues from the knuckleheaded plotting and CGI overload of Jurassic World, where super-sized dinos face dumb capitalists and bleeding-heart environmentalists toil to save the day.

“We all know the drill.”

And The Wrap agreed that this is a “very dull entry in the series”, saying: “The major problem with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom… is that the makers treat the action and suspense sequences in the way most of us go to the dentist.”

The film is out tomorrow in the UK, with a US release following much later, on June 21.

The early release in Europe is because of the potentially distracting World Cup tournament; far more prominent in the UK and the continent than in the USA.

Jurassic World is out tomorrow.