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National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 124
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 82

A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film.

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 18

A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film.

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In this adventure-filled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, Nicolas Cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire Ben Franklin Gates. In this outing, Gates learns of his own family's implication in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Gates must then locate an elusive diary, not only to clear his family's name, but to unearth and connect several secrets, buried within the book, that point to a massive, global conspiracy. The film

PG, 2 hr. 3 min.

Action & Adventure

Cormac Wibberly, Marianne Wibberly

May 18, 2008

$219.9M

Buena Vista Pictures

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Critic Reviews for National Treasure: Book of Secrets

All Critics (134) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (85) | DVD (24)

This just might be the silliest movie ever to feature three Academy Award winners.

December 26, 2007 Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Leave it to coproducer Jerry Bruckheimer to revive the Indiana Jones cycle without the period setting, the camp elements, or Spielberg's efficiency; director Jon Turteltaub just plods along.

December 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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This sequel is what you would expect: If you liked the original, you'll probably enjoy this retread. But be warned: It bogs down in a drawn-out scene near the end.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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As much as you want to applaud the movie's winking commitment to its own Looney Tunes logic, it's frustrating when lazy and illogical plot devices are used like cattle prods.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment (1)
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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This American history-themed action thriller doesn't get many points for realism, but it makes up ground in so many other areas that you probably won't care.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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Is it possible to enjoy Book of Secrets? Obviously, although its lunacy requires a level of suspension of disbelief that some will be incapable of attaining.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comments (2)
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a pretty typical blockbuster sequel, focused intently on appeasing what it thinks the audience wants, and missing out on what it takes to make a truly good movie.

April 20, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
Joshua Starnes
ComingSoon.net

National Treasure: the Book of Secrets is an absurd adventure, but its absurdity is wacky and warmhearted. You have to suspend your disbelief, but so what? National Treasure: the Book of Secrets delivers on what it sets out to be: lively and

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comment
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

The derivative National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a smooth, lightweight action film for undemanding audiences.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International | Comment
Tim Grierson
Screen International

Action-packed treasure hunt offers few surprises.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

A slight improvement over its agreeable forebearer...

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

It's like doing a puzzle a second time. It's familiar, it's redundant and it's rarely exciting.

June 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Views | Comments (6)
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views Source: Movie Views
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A fun ride with lots of the same fun from the first movie. While lots of what happens in these movies stretches the imagination the cast does a very good job of pulling it all together.

May 4, 2008
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

I'll be honest I can't remember the first very much but I did quite like this. The cast is very good for just a silly film, Jon Voight, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel and Cage...impressive. The film is really a kind of filler for the absence of 'Indy 4' or any Indy films really, and lets be honest its nowhere near as good

January 3, 2008
phubbs1
Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

National Treasure: Book of Secrets Quotes

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    1. Ben Gates: I'm gonna kidnap him.
    2. Ben Gates: I'm gonna kidnap the President of the United States.
    – Submitted by Emily D (16 days ago)
    1. John Wilkes Booth: Sic Semper Tyrannis!
    – Submitted by Steven P (11 months ago)

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