 Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it " a true movie milestone , presenting <unk> and fear @-@ inspiring sights never before seen on the screen ... On paper , this story is tailor @-@ made for Mr. Spielberg 's talents ... [ but ] [ i ] t becomes less crisp on screen than it was on the page , with much of the enjoyable jargon either mumbled confusingly or otherwise thrown away . " In Rolling Stone , Peter Travers described the film as " colossal entertainment — the eye @-@ popping , mind @-@ bending , kick @-@ out @-@ the @-@ jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year [ ... ] Compared with the <unk> , the characters are dry bones , indeed . Crichton and co @-@ screenwriter David Koepp have flattened them into <unk> on the trip from page to screen . " Roger Ebert noted , " The movie delivers all too well on its promise to show us dinosaurs . We see them early and often , and they are indeed a triumph of special effects artistry , but the movie is lacking other qualities that it needs even more , such as a sense of awe and wonderment , and strong human story values . " Henry Sheehan argued , " The complaints over Jurassic Park 's lack of story and character sound a little off the point , " pointing out the story arc of Grant learning to protect Hammond 's grandchildren despite his initial dislike of them . Empire magazine gave the film five stars , hailing it as " quite simply one of the greatest blockbusters of all time . " 
