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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)

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Movie Info

After his parents and brother are kidnapped, a Victorian-era British teen learns about an artifact that can turn anything into gold.

Rating:

PG (Some Peril|Brief Smoking|Adventure Action Violence)
Genre:

adventure, action, fantasy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jonathan Newman
Producer:

Peter Bevan, Ibón Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé
Writer:

Christian Taylor, Matthew Huffman
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 10, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 2, 2016
Runtime:

1h 38m
Production Co:

Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION), Matador Pictures, Arcadia Motion Pictures

Cast & Crew

Michael Sheen
Charity

Lena Headey
Monica

Keeley Hawes
Catherine Mundi

Ioan Gruffudd
Charles Mundi

Sam Neill
Otto Luger

Aneurin Barnard
Mariah Mundi

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Critic Reviews for The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (12)

There simply isn't a whole lot of excitement being generated in this lackluster family adventure, though it tries oh so very hard.

January 17, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Bruce Ingram
Chicago Sun-Times
Meh and double meh on this movie.

January 10, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Glenn Kenny
RogerEbert.com
The quest for the Midas Box never seems like more than a poor man's plot-engine substitute for Tolkien's One Ring.

January 9, 2014 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
The film gradually reveals a lot of unsavory motives, which ultimately deflate the buoyant virtues on which the film had blithely coasted.

January 7, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

R. Kurt Osenlund
Slant Magazine
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box is an example of what happens when the filmmakers are less than scrupulous with the story's connective tissue and don't display affinity for the characters.

January 17, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Abbie Bernstein
Assignment X
Forgettable and flat, the film tries and fails at being an adventure that the entire family can enjoy.

August 14, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Mae Abdulbaki
Punch Drunk Critics
As a Part One it effectively disseminates exposition with enough adventure to keep our attention on these characters coming into their own.

June 21, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage
Michael Sheen, Lena Heady and Sam Neill are among the big names expecting a franchise, but they'll be lucky to get a mid-morning TV slot, let alone a sequel.

November 21, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Paul M. Bradshaw
Total Film
The visually stylish film feels like a combination of elements from other fantasy adventures, yet turns out more muddled and convoluted than suspenseful.

January 31, 2014 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
Solid Victorian adventure is too dark for younger kids.

January 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
Unsophisticated and cartoonish, but well-cast and kid-friendly in an old-fashioned way.

January 10, 2014 | Rating: 6.95/10 | Full Review…

Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box could somewhat aptly be described as National Treasure in Victorian England. That is to say, it has that distinct feeling of being a tenth-generation ripoff of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

January 10, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Mike McGranaghan
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