There’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.
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05/21/08
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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Reviews Counted:248
Fresh:190
Rotten:58
Average Rating:6.9/10
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
141 - 160 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticIf disappointment has a name, it must be Indiana Jones.
05/21/08
Crystal Skull is hit-and-miss like the clunky 1984 sequel, Temple of Doom. And instead of the elegiac tone that lifted 1989's presumptive valedictory, The Last Crusade, director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas have gotten sillier.
05/21/08
Ford simply is Indiana Jones, and as this movie proves, he always will be.
05/21/08
I loved every ridiculous minute of this movie.
05/21/08
Spielberg proves once again that no one can direct an old-fashioned rollicking ride like he can.
05/21/08
It is the summer blockbuster's mother ship, built for speed but riding on fumes.
05/21/08
Is the whole thing preposterous? Yes. Is it a bit familiar and predictable? Possibly. Is it corny? OK, yes, a little bit. But again, it's fun and doesn't require too much thought.
05/21/08
An entertaining and inventive ride tailor-made for the summer movie season.
05/21/08
Offering fun, excitement, familiar things, new elements and roller coaster-ride adventure, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is all it promises to be.
05/21/08
Even after so much time away, this new film is easily the equivalent of its predecessors and perhaps the second best of the series. I loved watching it, and I can't wait to see it again.
05/21/08
As a continuation of a series that's captured the hearts of two generations over the last twenty-five odd years, it rocks.
05/21/08
You can't believe how badly I was waiting for this movie. You can't possibly imagine how badly I wish I'd never seen it.
05/21/08
Despite its many flaws, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is an enjoyable romp that does no harm to the character's legacy.
05/21/08
[George Lucas] and Steven Spielberg have earned back a lot of goodwill with this one. It's the only Spielberg movie in over a decade that actually ends when it's supposed to.
05/21/08
This is Spielberg at his most pop and most amazing: turning the shiny American quotidian into an authentically numinous and strange experience.
05/21/08
It’s as contrived and convoluted as all the other Indiana Jones movies, but not as much fun.
05/21/08
You definitely get your money's worth.
05/21/08
...Crystal Skull is a fine, rollicking, lightning-paced return to form for all involved...
05/21/08
Sitting 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
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June 16, 2009:
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June 10, 2009:
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January 21, 2009:
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