Wry humor, kitchy dialogue, fast-paced action, seamless special F/X, solid acting and homage to its original are all good reasons to see [it]. I rate it the best of the sequels
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05/29/08
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.
Theatrical Release:22-05-2008
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
41 - 60 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Fun, 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
They 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
Tiene todo lo que tiene que tener: excelentes efectos visuales, buen ritmo, sentido del humor y un montón de disparates divertidos. Y por supuesto a Harrison Ford en el papel de su vida.
05/28/08
...the dash and derring-do are as kinetic and ebullient as ever...
05/28/08
Longtime fans of the series will find the references to past films delightful, and they'll similarly be pleased to find Spielberg once again at his most limber: The director hasn't made a film this light and carefree in a long time.
05/28/08
An amusement park ride. Kind of fun, but we know there's no real danger. The film never has an edge (save for a great hotrod scene).
05/28/08
Crystal Skull can be an amusing couple of hours, even if it's hardly the 'event' it ought to have been.
05/28/08
Crystal 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
There’s nothing but entertainment value here.
05/27/08
The action is the movie’s raison d’ętre, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs.
05/27/08
It's not fair to ask the film to appeal to your somber, jaded adult sensitivities when the reason you fell in love with Indiana Jones in the first place was because it was the stuff of boyhood daydreams.
05/27/08
Even in a poorly written cobbled together mess like this, Indy still shines and Ford can still bring him to life.
05/27/08
...there's ultimately no denying that the film is as thrilling and enthralling as one might've hoped.
05/26/08
Ford and Spielberg are all a little older and a little slower. But the film works because they have all retained a sense of fun... This isn't great art, just great fun.
05/26/08
This entry feels hokey and jokey, mired in nostalgia and strewn with Spielbergian and Lucasian themes as fake as the cobwebs used on the sound-stagey sets.
05/26/08
Karen Allen was once famous for drinking men under the table, and from the looks of her it's there they'll stay. As for Indy, now that he has reached the two-thirds century mark, it's time to stop using the whip and start using the term 'whippersnapper.'
05/26/08
It's what we've been Jones-ing for. For 19 years, in fact.
05/25/08
This film is a compendium of geographic misinformation as well as solid collection of action sequences.
05/25/08
It's a film well tuned to its own sense of nostalgia and the images of its time.
05/25/08
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