If you want to wonder who built two twin roads through the Amazon, or how come Indy and his troop survive not one but three trips over the waterfall without a bruise, then go to another movie.
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06/07/08
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:23
Rotten:16
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though the plot elements are certainly familiar, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still delivers the thrills and Harrison Ford's return in the title role is more than welcome.
Australian Theatrical Release:
May 22, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $316,957,122
Synopsis: When we last saw Indiana Jones on screen, it was 1938, and the world stood on the brink of war as Dr. Jones chased down evildoers to find the Holy Grail. Nineteen years later, he’s cracking his... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett
Director: Steven Spielberg
Reviews for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Top CriticThe Kingdom of the Crystal Skull lives up to its hype and offers plenty of classic Indy moments.
06/07/08
Top CriticThe energy on display is impressive, even if Spielberg's suggestion that a fifth Indie adventure is a distinct possibility is more a cause for concern than celebration.
06/07/08
Top CriticFun, entertaining, genuinely amusing, and made with an abundance of what appears to be honest-to-god warmth, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is a worthy addition to one of the great movie franchises.
05/29/08
Top CriticThey had 19 years since the last Indiana Jones movie to come up with something truly exciting and fresh, but I feel there’s a certain laziness and cynicism in this latest adventure.
05/28/08
Top CriticIt's a film well tuned to its own sense of nostalgia and the images of its time.
05/25/08
Top CriticIn spite of an over reliance on CG, and one too many obvious moments of George Lucas-involved tomfoolery, this is a great piece of studio-produced escapist entertainment
05/19/08
Top CriticWhen Indy swings a punch or delivers a biting retort, audiences sit up and listen with looks of adoration and reverence. It's all one big spectacle, after all – so why begrudge the old guy one last adventure?
05/19/08
Top CriticFilled with many hairy escapes (and a few miraculous ones), Indiana Jones' fourth adventure is as rip roaring as we would expect, dotted with little jokey bits and a dash of Close Encounters of the Third Kind kind of thing.
05/18/08
Top CriticAt its best, sublime. Overall, the great moments make up for the mediocre.
05/18/08
Top CriticCrystal Skull isn’t bad -- there are a few dazzling sequences, and a couple of good performances -- but the unprecedented blend of comedy and action that made the movies so much more fun than any other adventure series is mostly gone.
05/27/08
Top CriticThere’s nothing but entertainment value here.
05/27/08
Top CriticIt's romantic manliness at its purest, almost but not quite schmaltz, ideally calculated to please true believers and ironic snorters at once.
05/22/08
Top CriticThere’s plenty of frantic energy in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, lots of noise and money too, but what’s absent is any sense of rediscovery.
05/21/08
Top CriticSitting through Steven Spielberg's slog down memory lane means waiting for surprise, waiting for delight, waiting for daylight after turgid trudges through Peruvian caves, and waiting for an abstract story to coalesce.
05/21/08
Top CriticA slick, fun film that has by no means sacrificed the fast action beats of the first three.
05/19/08
Top CriticI can say that if you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will like this one, and that if you did not, there is no talking to you.
05/18/08
Top CriticEven with the ponderous dialogue, there is considerable fun, and it's good to see that Indy, though slightly weary, still has the goods.
05/18/08
Top CriticThe good news for Ford fans is that Indy may be older and greyer, but there’s still a spark to his repartee.
05/18/08
Top CriticSpielberg clearly got enormous pleasure employing a lifetime's worth of skill and turning out wave after wave of smartly done stunts and effects set pieces.
05/18/08
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June 16, 2009:
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