American film director known for genre and adventure films including The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Hidalgo and The Wolfman.

Born 1950; began his career in special effects/visual design before directing feature films.

Two DeBaser reviews (Hidalgo / Oceano Di Fuoco and The Wolfman) give Joe Johnston a mixed, middling reception. Critics praise visual command and friendship themes in Hidalgo but find plot and character development uneven. The Wolfman is noted for atmospheric ideas but criticized for predictability and underdeveloped threads.

For:Fans of genre cinema (horror and adventure), readers of film criticism and Joe Johnston followers.

 Everything progresses quite quickly without eliciting either fear or unease in the viewer; in fact, the attempt to scare is often entrusted to rather predictable gimmicks.

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 "God made all men equal, Mr. Colt made them different."

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