 Jurassic Park received critical acclaim . High praise was heaped on the visual effects , musical score , and Spielberg 's direction , although there was some criticism leveled at the script and departures from the book . Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively gave the film a " Certified Fresh " rating of 93 % , based on 116 reviews , with rating average score of 8 @.@ 3 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life @-@ like animatronics , with some of Spielberg 's best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws . " Metacritic gave the film a score of 68 out of 100 , based on 20 critics , indicating " generally favorable reviews " . 
