Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 256
Fresh: 199 | Rotten: 57
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.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 48
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 17
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.
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Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his role as the iconic, snake-loathing screen hero in a sequel that also finds Karen Allen returning to the series for the first time since 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim
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Harrison Ford
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Cate Blanchett
Irina Spalko -
Karen Allen
Marion Ravenwood -
Ray Winstone
George "Mac" McHale -
John Hurt
Professor Oxley -
Jim Broadbent
Dean Charles Stanforth -
Shia LaBeouf
Mutt Williams -
Igor Jijikine
Col. Dovchenko -
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All Critics (261) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (199) | Rotten (57) | DVD (14)
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.
Top CriticThere's nothing but entertainment value here.
The action is the movie's raison d'être, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs.
Crystal Skull is a fun ride, but if we have to wait 19 years for the next one, that's OK by me.
A perfectly great bout of escapism with Indiana Jones at his best...
Want some real perspective? Ask me in ten years: hindsight has a nasty habit of being right. But for right now, on May 22, 2008? Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is a movie worth getting excited for.
Senior citizens' special of the year, a popcorn movie made from, uh, mature corn.
If anyone was worried that Ford was just too old to put the hat back on, Crystal Skull should lay that to rest. There's still life in the old franchise yet.
I'll answer the most important question first. Yes, there is a Wilhelm scream in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Exhilarating
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- the fourth movie about Henry Jones, Jr. -- is as comfortable as an old shoe. Or an old hat. Actually it is old hat. It's comfortable, but it's also worn and slack.
Although it carries a certain level of slickness to it, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shows that although the times have changed - both in the film and for the viewing audience - Indiana Jones hasn't. And that's a problem.
...playful and entertaining, even if it looks, deliberately, as though we've seen it all before. (Blu-ray edition)
The thing I loved most about this movie is just how ludicrous the whole thing is.
Give me an aged archaeologist with a whip any day over a gun-toting secret agent sipping Martinis under the code-name of 007.
Welcome back Indiana- the old Ford still runs like new!
When it's good it's great, and when it's bad, it's a typical Lucas misfire.
A colossal disappointment by any measure, this latest Indiana Jones film focuses in on the character weaknesses of its creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
An iconic film character deserved a better story than this.
ena dioro ypertheama gemato entasi kai drasi hortastiki, apolaystiki ki aksiomnimoneyti oso tin proti fora, poy dikaionei tin katagogi tis anabionontas tin, kai kerdizei aksia mia thesi stin dipla stin thryliki trilogia tis
Normally it's a terrible thing if a film only gives us one good character ... except when it's Indiana Jones, with a whip at his side. A terrible story can't totally ruin Jones. Thank God.
Packed with fights and chases--but then so were the old Tom and Jerry cartoons. The worst Steven Spielberg popcorn flick since 1941.
They just don't make them like they used to, and depending on which category you fall into, that's either a bad or good thing.
Audience Reviews for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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- Indiana Jones: Why don't you stick around, Junior?
- Mutt Williams: I don't know. Why didn't you, Dad?
- Professor Oxley: Dad! Dad?
- Indiana Jones: Somewhere your grandpa is laughing.
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- George "Mac" McHale: [aims gun at Indy] Sorry, Jonsey.
- Indiana Jones: So what does that make you, a triple agent?
- George "Mac" McHale: Nah. I just lied about being a double.
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- Marion Ravenwood: I'm sure I wasn't the only one to move on with my life. There must have been plenty of women for you over the years.
- Indiana Jones: Yeah, there were a few. But, they all had the same problem.
- Marion Ravenwood: What's that?
- Indiana Jones: They weren't you, honey.
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- Mutt Williams: What are they? Spacemen?
- Professor Oxley: Inter-dimensional beings as a point of fact.
- Indiana Jones: Welcome back, Ox.
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- Mutt Williams: What's he gonna do now?
- Marion Ravenwood: I don't think he thinks that far ahead.
- Indiana Jones: I'd cover my ears if I were you!
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- Mutt Williams: You're not my Dad, ok?
- Indiana Jones: You bet I am and I got news for you. You're gonna go back and finish school.
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