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05/13/05
Sahara (2005)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 166 Fresh: 64 Rotten:102 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus:
A mindless adventure flick with a preposterous plot.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 8, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $68,642,452
Synopsis: Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral traveling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Delroy Lindo, William H. Macy
Director: Breck Eisner
Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Delroy Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart
Producer: Howard L. Baldwin, Mace Neufeld, Stephanie Austin, Karen Baldwin
Composer: Clint Mansell
Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Delroy Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart
Producer: Howard L. Baldwin, Mace Neufeld, Stephanie Austin, Karen Baldwin
Composer: Clint Mansell
Reviews
Top Critic
A pretty offensive comedy about Africans who range from primitive to demonic that, sorry, is just not funny.
05/11/07
Vapid, lengthy, and mostly lifeless -- kind of like the desert it's named for.
10/02/06
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06/24/06
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Sahara rather resembles National Treasure, another film with a strained story line and deadening lack of visual richness.
02/07/06
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For "Sahara," the problem is that we have the Indiana Jones movies to compare it to, and I'm afraid there's no comparison. It's never more than a likable poseur.
11/18/05
The plotting is too complex for a generally stupid picture, but that didn’t stop me from getting sucked in by director Breck Eisner’s nicely paced action sequences.
10/07/05
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09/26/05
Top Critic
Like the African desert that lends the film its name, this so-called adventure is coarse, dry, and overheated.
07/11/05
Sahara's biggest problem is twofold: the film's subtle ideological bent is alarming, and, in the lead, McConaughey is only just barely tolerable.
06/11/05
I can't figure out just what I didn't like about this film, but I know I didn't really enjoy it.
05/03/05
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