One of the funniest movies of the year. Too bad it's not a comedy.
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11/23/04
National Treasure (2004)
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Reviews Counted:166
Fresh:72
Rotten:94
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: National Treasure is no treasure, but it's a fun ride for those who can forgive its highly improbable plot.
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A secret from our nation's past will lead to the greatest adventure in history. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("Pirates of the Caribbean,""The Rock," and "Armageddon") and director Jon Turteltaub... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Reviews for National Treasure
National Treasure gets more entertaining as the preposterousness rises.
11/23/04
If The Goonies starred adults, contained a pamphlet’s worth of history, drew half the laughs and lacked Sloth and Chunk, it would be National Treasure.
11/23/04
Jon Voight spends his scenes in unintentionally hilarious rants about how much he hates clues.
11/22/04
It's a fun ride to a boring payoff.
11/22/04
So bad on so many levels.
11/22/04
Every Bruckheimer film is a potential pot of gold and this one is no exception.
11/22/04
too preposterous to be believed yet too concerned with historicity to work as an adventure tale.
11/22/04
An awfully contrived and terribly executed adventure, particularly disappointing in that it sports a fascinating story and some decent actors.**
11/22/04
Follow this exciting adventure and thrill to the mystery and chase.
11/22/04
An underdone pastiche of Raiders of the Lost Ark and a really tedious high school history class.
11/21/04
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11/21/04
Somewhere between the emulsion and the nitrate of this film there's a map to the Bruckheimer fortune.
11/21/04
'We hold this truth to be self-evident,' said Thomas Jefferson, 'If I had seen this movie first, the only thing I'd have traced on the back of the Declaration is my resume.'
11/21/04
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11/20/04
Sure it’s dumb, but it’s tons of fun and ever so slightly educational.
11/20/04
Cage? Movie star as social studies teacher.
11/20/04
Lacks originality and wit.
11/20/04
Who knew the Founding Fathers had the time to drop clues throughout the eastern U.S.
11/20/04
The movie has less to do with interesting characters or clever plotting than with having the actors scurry from place to place in search of missing treasure.
11/20/04
Latest News for National Treasure
September 25, 2008:
Nic Cage Officially Hunting for More National Treasure 
To no one's surprise, Disney is officially moving forward with "National Treasure 3," as announced yesterday by Nicolas Cage, Jerry Bruckheimer, and studio executive Dick Cook. More...
December 20, 2007:
Box Office Guru Preview: Five New Films Fight For Holiday Cheer
Moviegoers are in for a feast as studios will unleash a wide menu of new options on Friday trying to reach holiday patrons on the weekend before Santa comes to town. With so... More...
December 17, 2007:
Talks Begin for National Treasure 3
National Treasure was never intended to be a franchise. When the first installment did well, the filmmakers started from scratch to come up with a sequel. This time, though,... More...
October 01, 2007:
National Treasure 2 Poster Online!
We've seen stills and a pair of trailers for National Treasure: Book of Secrets, due December 21. How's about a poster? More...
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