It is a definitely guilty pleasure, and 90 percent of the reason why can be summed up in two words: Nicolas Cage.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 4, 2019

There might be too many inaccuracies in the plot, the mix of the past and the present is naive and at times downright silly but makes for fun viewing if you don't put your thinking caps on. The film has enough to keep you involved.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 8, 2019

Historical adventure is a fun romp for tweens and up.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 26, 2010

A mild holiday caper, for the wettest of afternoons.

| Jun 24, 2006

This movie couldn't be more stale if it'd been dug up by archaeologists.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2004

Works fairly well as slick, enjoyable hooey… in its general approach if not all particulars, this could represent a promising new approach in family entertainment.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 8, 2004

National Treasure gets more entertaining as the preposterousness rises.

| Nov 23, 2004

So bad on so many levels.

Full Review | Nov 22, 2004

An underdone pastiche of Raiders of the Lost Ark and a really tedious high school history class.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 21, 2004

Cage? Movie star as social studies teacher.

| Original Score: C | Nov 20, 2004

Taken simply as a popcorn flick, National Treasure has its pleasures.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 19, 2004

The best cinematic comfort food you could ask for.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 19, 2004

Ten minutes into the picture, you're searching the screen for life-support machines.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 19, 2004

Sluggish for a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but maybe the kids will learn something.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 19, 2004

As documents go, this one tastes like cardboard.

| Nov 19, 2004

The best thing about National Treasure is how clever it is.

| Nov 19, 2004

Cage plays Gates way too broadly and crudely; I half expected him to break into his patented Elvis impersonation.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 19, 2004

An almost tongue-in-cheek fantasy wrapped around well-researched historical details.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 19, 2004

It has no ambition, little sense and false sentiment, but it does have velocity, high spirits and scale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 19, 2004

Interminable and riddled with plot holes you could drive a humvee through.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 19, 2004