this be one of crichton best book . the character of karen ross and peter elliot and munro and and amy be beautifully develop and their interaction be excite and complex and and fast pace throughout this impressive novel . and about 99 . 8 percent of that get lose in the film . seriously and the screenplay and the directing be horrendous and clearly do by people who could not fathom what be good about the novel . i can not fault the actor because frankly and they never have a chance to make this turkey live up to crichton original work . i know good novel and especially those with a science fiction edge and be hard to bring to the screen in a way that live up to the original . but this may be the absolute bad disparity in quality between novel and screen adaptation ever . the book be really and really good . the movie be just dreadful .