Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020–2022) User Reviews (213)

Interesting fun show for Jurassic fans!

[ChanithaWeerasinghe · 8/10 · 11 August 2022]

Camp Cretaceous is an amazing, fun, thrilling animated series which follows an interesting side story to the Jurassic World film franchise set in the same universe. The story starts off lightly and moves on deeper into the bigger plot with intense twists occurring through each season. Season 5 actually gets close to getting related to Jurassic World Dominion which makes the story more and more interesting with dino action being super awesome as usual in Jurassic films.

The main child characters bonding with each other as family through a really hard time of survival is a really nice way to make kids aware of how worthy good friends can be. Also, the story is very heartful as it isn't focused on showing dinosaurs as deadly predators but as nice living beings who follow a similar behavior of humans, protecting their own kind and stuff like that. This makes the story in Dominion more believable on how dinosaurs and humans can coexist.

Overall, this show is one of the best animated series Netflix has provided.

Surprisingly enjoyable! Few drawbacks.

[randomattster · 8/10 · 21 September 2020]

As a 28 year old guy, I was highly skeptical of this when it was announced. I was pleasantly surprised in a big way! Solid animation (the dinosaurs look GREAT), enjoyable tie ins, and most shockingly of all, there was even some character development and legit emotional moments if you allow yourself to connect with the characters.

The only real drawback I felt was the way the show portrays kids like SUCH idiots, with everyone acting out and breaking the rules at every turn, except for the one scaredy-cat kid, who is so over the top it's mostly annoying. Most kids aren't actually like that, and shouldn't be written as such. The camp counsellors reactions to the rule breaking (essentially! "Go to your room!") were pretty unrealistic too.

Past that, it was overall incredibly enjoyable, and I sure hope they do more!

Why did you have to add romance into it???

[launajean · 6/10 · 25 July 2022]

My kids love this series. But the 5th season just added things that werent necessary!!! Its was about dinosaurs and survival. Nothing else needed to be added.

Unexpectedly great, with a lot of Heart - Not just for Kids

[Kishan_Baijnath · 9/10 · 21 September 2020]

I've been a Jurassic Park fan my entire life, but being 25 years old, I was only mildly curious to take a look at Camp Cretaceaous.

While the first 3 episodes are pretty enjoyable, it seemed to be most appropriate for its target audience of young children.

However, once we get to episode 4, things suddenly change to an impressive degree. The stakes feel a lot higher, the tension is phenomenally well handled (especially for a children's show). I really feel like the creators did their best to get the most out of Jurassic World and I had a blast watching this show.

While I have some mixed feelings about the human characters' animation style, it was a minor gripe with a wonderful show. The dinosaurs are impressive. The musical score feels very true to Jurassic. And the story is absolutely entertaining.

The whole 1st season takes place around the same time period as the first Jurassic World and while some major movie moments cross paths with the series, Camp Cretaceaous never loses sight of its own story for the sake of fan service. It keeps respectful to the larger story, but manages to be an entirely gripping and enjoyable journey on its own.

The thing that stood out most to me was the human element of the whole series. While I was hesitant with some of the main characters at first, they all really grew on me. By episode 5 I was so attached to them, it became a roller-coaster of emotions every time they stumble into danger. Every kid in the show contributes beautifully to the cast and fills the show with a unique and endearing spirit.

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceaous is a wonderful show with a lot of heart. I loved the full arc of this season and all its characters. I sincerely hope we get to see more seasons in the future.

I'm so glad I decided to give this a watch. I highly recommend it. Not just for kids.

What a triumph!

[biggsjay · 9/10 · 18 September 2020]

Just watched this with my 3 year old son. We had a day on the sofa as we are self isolating and watched the entire series from start to finish!! Tense and fun all at the same time. Bought back memories of the original film whilst still feeling fresh. The dinosaurs are AMAZING and while there were some very scary moments it's a non stop thrill ride for 8 episodes. Excited for the next series already!

Can bet Jurass-i-can

[ross-williams-84969 · 6/10 · 21 September 2020]

This series didn't get too much of my attention when advertised as I didn't wanna be let down!

WRONG.........

From the opening moments to the closing a 26 & 33 old couple binge watched all the episodes in order with only toilet breaks allowed.

Don't get me wrong a few plot, character & over story bumps but honestly the show is something I wished to have had when I was younger so just seeing something like this available now for the next generation.

Spielberg, trevarrow & Marshall, thank you

Wowzers... far better than expected

[aratichy · 8/10 · 18 September 2020]

I went in with low expectations since, you know, kiddy show. Was surprised far beyond expectations. *MILD SPOILERS* Wow this was good. The trailers do not do it justice. And those who thought there was gonna be no tension, no deaths, there will be 'surprises' to say the least. There are incredibly thrilling and blood pumping scenes with the Mosasaurus and Pteranodons, the characters are enjoyable, it expands on the lore, it has awesome subtle references, the music is amazing, and gives us a unique and tense Pteranodon theme, the arcs are well plotted, The animation on the dinosaurs is magnificent, the mood of the series is great. You can really tell Steven Spielberg had a say in the production of this thing. This is a kids show afterall though, there are some quite cringe worthy scenes, no new species, many dumb decisions, ... some unbelievable plot points, people giving a pep talk in the middle of a dino crisis (no pun intended), and then some stuff. Still really really loved it and the humour worked for me. 7.5/10; better than JP 3

Murphy's Law meets Jurassic Park at Summer Camp

[jbflower96 · 7/10 · 8 August 2022]

While I enjoy the first Jurassic Park and the Jurassic World movies, I wouldn't consider myself that deep of a fan. This show kept popping up in my recommendation list on Netflix, so I decided to just give it a shot out of boredom.

It took a bit to get past the first few episodes, but I did become very invested and found myself nearly bitting my nails in tension. The group of teens each have their own quirks and weakness, and while they can be annoying and make dumb decisions at times, I can't fault them given the setting and the fact they are... well teens. It reminded me a lot of "Race to the Edge" in portraying a solid, engaging group dynamic and it wasn't til I went online that I found out DreamWorks had also produced this show! Everyone gets a chance to shine and the show isn't afraid to mix up character pairs, allowing the audience to see new sides to everyone. There are the obvious friendships and dynamics, and then there's the ones ya didn't realize ya wanted to see until it happened.

It's great to see the teens working together to overcome obstacles and remain positive, even when Murphy's law meets the Jurassic Park incompetence that we all secretly enjoy as it gets the story going. Could totally see these events happening concurrent with the Jurassic World movies as the creators took a lot of care to blend all of the movie elements together without resorting to just rehashing them outright.

The dinosaurs are also really neat to see. They are a bit out of place animation wise compared to the human characters, but I did grow to love the choice as it allows the viewer to really appreciate the detail and creativity of the dinos. There's numerous times the creatures act like one would expect dinos to act. That includes predators acting like predators and the teens trying not to get eaten. The graphic blood and gore is absent from the show, which honestly suites me fine as it's pretty obvious what's happening. A lot of the weight is carried through the scene set ups, angles, cut offs, character tensions, etc. If you're into graphic blood and gore you'll be disappointed, but it's great for those like me who want to enjoy a show without being bombarded with all that imagery.

All in all, it's a good show for even non-fans to get into. Like able characters, fun setting, dinosaurs being dinosaurs, and a simple goal: survive and get off the dangerous island.

May scare some really young viewers, but if they like Jurassic Park/World as it is then they should be fine.

Not expected to be so great

[awoland · 9/10 · 31 January 2021]

My 4 year old twins loved it & so did my nieces & nephew ranging in ages (11, 11, 7 & 8).y kids started with season 1 & then were thrilled when season 2 came out.

The nieces & nephew learned about it as a suggestion from us when season 2 came out & shocked us by streaming all 2 seasons in a single weekend with the grandparents.

Everyone just loves it & we like watching it with them to. They add in a lot of the Jurassic Park / World magic & suspense without the gore & a nice plot for the kids. Highly recommend it for kids of all ages who love dinosaurs.

Season 4 was disappointing

[gurday · 6/10 · 8 December 2021]

It started strong and very interesting, the idea was great. But also the obvious forcing of a couple was so cringe and annoying, it took the enjoyment of watching. I dont get what happened, there were three good couple who were having their own pacing and development and they just decided to put one so quickly. Its not the couple that bothers me, its the pacing.

Also the excessive amount of technology in an environment that is so rich in dinosaurs. Kind of sad of the whole evil corporation, big bad boss thing...so boring

It somehow stopped being a "lets survive and get out of here" show to a "lets save this dinos, risk our lifes and see if maybe we can get out."

The character developments felt odd in this season, i like the fact that Ben had this moment of self doubt because of what going back to "normal" meant, but i dont think there was some kind of same effect with everyone else. It should have been explored mored.

Wish they'd make more of these

[adamcomito · 8/10 · 26 September 2020]

Very good series, quite suspenseful. The art is pretty good, very binge worthy. Ties in nicely with the new Jurassic park movies

Enjoyable though not always logical

[acajcarvalho · 6/10 · 23 October 2020]

For those preferring an unbiased and honest review, here it goes; I'll start with the positive aspects of the series: it's fun, it's worth watching at least once as it gives a parallel story to the Jurassic World movie, it has great visuals as expected from DreamWorks animation, and also the background score is fantastic, if you feel the tension in the series, it's because of the immersive visuals and music, mute them out and this could pass on as laughable, character development is impressive as is the overall direction of the plot as it gives an alternate version to the events which simultaneously were happening, except there's a new competitor to Hammond / InGen corporations wanting to get their hands on Dino DNA.

Now here's the list of things which went wrong; the series should have been named Jurassic World: Invincible Kids, because no matter the odds, danger or even possible death scenarios, they come back ever more powerful than Harry Potter did in Deathly Hallows 2. The kids also have a natural immunity towards dinosaurs who eat everyone else without remorse or from falling from heights that would kill even Glass from The Revenant. The point where Ben was shown to have fallen to his death was realistic but at the end we're shown he hasn't really passed on yet. All of this indicates bad scripting, lots of plot holes. Now every Jurassic Park/World series had its share of plot holes and convenient survival of protagonists, but most of them could be explained better than Camp Cretaceous' bestowal of invincibility on kids. Indominus Rex in this movie is pretty dumb and cannot even detect the kids by smell or heat sensing as portrayed in the movie. Even the game shown at the beginning of episode 1 is rigged as it shows the T-Rex being slower than a running kid (exact opposite of what is portrayed in original Jurassic Park 1 movie) and the raptors being dumb enough to let the kid survive for no reason while killing the older guy.

Overall it's a great series if you're a kid or if you watch this without really watching the Jurassic Park series multiple times like I did.

Skip, adds political garbage in the last season.

[rchosen-193-5535 · 1/10 · 25 January 2021]

While the series started out great, it ended the last season by introducing a social issue that wasn't needed at all. Even seen others complain about it to. Like it was throw in for no reason and added nothing.

That aside the show did have some great lore into the JP/JW movies that you may have not known other wise. A few cameos by movie characters. And one of the people from the newest Jurassic World stars in the last season.

Season 2 WHEN?!

[theinfinitygaming · 10/10 · 18 September 2020]

Omg just finished watching the entire thing and now I want season 2 I hope it doesn't get canceled love everything Jurassic park / world related ^.^

Visually stunning

[TheCarpooler · 8/10 · 14 November 2021]

Just finished season 3. The visuals have been great from the beginning, but wow. Season 3 hits an entire new level.

The dinos, flora and fauna are amazing.

The kids again travel across the island several times, sometimes scared, sometimes not.

Looks great excluding Human Characters

[varun_lambo-73019 · 7/10 · 18 September 2020]

The show looks great, SFX looks great, Dinosaurs look great .... Only disappointment are the human characters which feel like we're not given much time too. Humans look like plastic, completely not matching the whole Dinosaurs theme and environment.

Not just for kids

[zcsosebee · 9/10 · 21 July 2022]

This show is a gem. It's universally satisfying, the overall story is solid with each season adding and building, the vis and graphics are good, it's wholesome enough for kids yet not cringey to adults, all while doing justice to the franchise. Honestly this should have been plan for the movies, it would have been so much better than the direction the trilogy took after Jurassic World.

Out running dinosaurs

[nikkipartee · 6/10 · 1 January 2022]

How are these kids still alive? How can they out run every single dinosaur? If I just hadn't seen all the movies and watch every adult get eaten I'd be a little less skeptical. Still enjoyable though.

Brilliant

[stacey_cathryn · 10/10 · 20 September 2020]

Great for kids and their grown ups. Brilliant graphics and a great add on to the jurassic park line. Hope they do more my 3 and 7 year old are hooked

Good Jurassic World series

[jediwalker-49827 · 7 August 2022]

This show is good but it can also be boring but I enjoyed the show The characters are great the dinosaurs are great the storyline is great but some episodes can be a little bit boring but still a really good show.

Great animation, except for the people

[barilleboylv · 7/10 · 18 September 2020]

Pretty great overall so far. My only issue is the people. Everything is animated really well, especially the dinosaurs, but the people seem like they should be in a 1989 animated movie. It was such a let down, because everything else was awesome. Their mouths are really frustrating, because they don't even form the shape of the words they're speaking. Why create amazing animation, but spend no time on the main characters, the people.

Way better then expected!!

[turner-bugzyblue-james94 · 10/10 · 18 September 2020]

I've loved Jurassic Park since I was 12. I didn't know what to think of a new Jurassic World TV Series, especially with it being animated. I have to say I was blown away with how good it was. I thought it was gonna be a cheap kids show not worth it but I was wrong. The story is great, the animation is great and there were a lot of suspenseful moments. Definitely give this a shot if you're a Jurassic park fan. Just keep in mind this is a kids show after all so it's not as violent as the movies can be but that sure didn't stop them from making an awesome show. NETFLIX PLEASE RENEW FOR SEASON 2!

Problematic

[zyppy · 6/10 · 19 September 2020]

It has the same problem jurassic world had , stupidity do move along the plot. Are we really suposed to believe they left the raptor pen alone for the night (with no security) so the boys can do whatever they want there?

CAMP CRETACEOU SEASON 4==>Where are the Dinos?

[ketankkurani · 4/10 · 4 December 2021]

Let me start by saying, I am in love with the Jurassic Park/World franchise since I went to University and saw the 1st film in my freshman year in 1992 and ever since following its growrh.

Life happened, got married had children, was ever so excited that my children got hooked on the show, they(my kids) even play the John Williams theme of the franchise on piano.

My kids counted days, weeks , months in this pandemic time looking forward for release of the 4th season of Camp Cretaceous. (I was/ am looking forward to World Dominion which got delayed to 2022.) Yet in their fervor and anticipation, I was looking forward to the animated show which streamed on Dec 3rd and was completely baffled by the show creators' turnabout from the shows' premise.

Are you kidding me? What a platform to showcase 11 episodes ( starting from 8 to 10 in previous seasons) 4th season had the canvas to paint a masterpiece with 11 episodes yet wasted their entire premise by showing 6 dinos in the entire 11 episodes and 1000 robots called BRADS AND BRAD-X. What a stupid linear approach to almost 3 decades of buildup.

First off for crying out loud you got a gazillion tech savvy stuff on the island with penthouses and all the stuff yet in 4 seasons you havnt given a decent shower to the kids. For crying out loud Ben still has the mud marks on his tshirt from season 1 ( now 6 months according to the timeline) In short, Season 4 is byfar the worst yet the most anticipated. You'd rather watch Terminator franchise. Thoroughly disappointed!!

My kids literally counted days and searched youtube videos/ trailers, searcherd the web for Dino names and were bored when they only saw robots through the 11 episodes . One geek playing the antagonist, 7 other characters wasted on emotional bonding. Worst, my 8 yr ole son was so excited seeing the first episode with all the main characters trying to catch the Compi, made them fall in love with it.. and then gave it such an anti-climatic demise to it by vaporising it by a droid. What are you guys smoking.. seriously?????

Oh btw.. the show showed a hellaoffa lotta tech.. then why did they miss out on the parlay of game played between Kash and Darius.. I mean to say.. so much technology yet playing 90s video games.. you couldve used them playing virtual reality it just doesnt make sense.

While it is slanted towards the younger end of the audience, it holds its own as an exciting, major, relevant entry in the franchise! :-)

[stevebondi · 8/10 · 23 May 2021]

The dinosaurs and environment look great and are almost photo-real, and the young characters evolve throughout the series with an engaging story arc! :-) And best of all, the action is really thrilling with some real stakes! :-)