You'd have to be a heathen to argue with the fact that Raiders of the Lost Ark stands as the best action-adventure movie ever made.
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10/18/03
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:44
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: Featuring bravura set pieces, sly humor, and white-knuckle action, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most consummately entertaining adventure pictures of all time.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Action-packed and adventure-filled, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is director Steven Spielberg's loving homage to the Saturday matinee cliffhanger serials of his childhood. When the Allies discover the... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey
Director: Steven Spielberg
Reviews for Raiders of the Lost Ark
No review available.
09/02/03
Most viewers are powerless to resist the kinetic pleasures of this endlessly inventive action adventure.
07/30/03
Top CriticImaginitive set pieces and a quick pace make this a wonderful debut for the series.
07/02/03
No review available.
06/21/03
To get to the point immediately, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made.
05/20/03
Top CriticI have nothing against the film for what it is. I'm just not wild about what it is.
04/16/03
One of the best films -- if not THEE best film -- ever made!
04/11/03
My big complaint: Take Indiana Jones out of the story, and nothing changes. The Nazis still find the Ark, still open it, still die.
04/10/03
No review available.
04/04/03
Allows for a certain worldliness, cautiousness, and darkness in Indy's character. He's far from reckless or noble.
03/26/03
The film that enchanted a generation and made Ford an action hero.
03/20/03
The purpose of the exercise. If you can't love this film, you have no business loving movies at all.
03/18/03
No review available.
01/10/03
One of the all-time great films.
12/24/02
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's classic movie did not invent adventure, as it was largely inspired by old serials, pulp magazines and B-movies, but it certainly revamped our conception of big screen adventure.
09/10/02
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a wonderful movie. The good news for exhibitors is that it's also one of those rollercoaster-like movies that people will be lining up for again and again.
06/05/02
Spielberg's and Lucas's collaborative rip-roaring adventure story with a hero of epic proportions makes this film one of the best screen entertainments of 1981.
01/24/02
Watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again on the big screen I was again reminded how summer films were once thoroughly entertaining and fulfilling.
08/21/01
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