Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Jeopardy for Indy after a dubious circumstance pushes him out of the Marshall college, but just then Indy is called to action in a search for the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator.
28 May 1981, Orange, Connecticut, USA
24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
11 April 1968, Alameda County, California, USA
18 March 1961, Hollywood, California, USA
May 17, 2016
The film's joyless, going-through-the-motions mood cannot be ignored.
June 11, 2013
A perfectly great bout of escapism with Indiana Jones at his best...
May 27, 2008
The action is the movie's raison d'être, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs.
October 27, 2011
A big-budget, corny, by-the-numbers sequel designed to please legions of nostalgic fans.
May 23, 2008
Indy isn't boning up on Babylonian texts; he's leafing through the Weekly World News.
May 27, 2008
There's nothing but entertainment value here.
May 22, 2008
Expecting Brando-esque menace or Dreyfus-ian uplift from the Indiana Jones tetralogy is like going to the candy counter at the mall multiplex and asking for some goat cheese and a nice cabernet.
May 23, 2008
Crystal Skull is a fun ride, but if we have to wait 19 years for the next one, that's OK by me.
November 25, 2015
While the James Bond series is leaving behind campy cartoon action for a dustier, grittier 'realism,' Indy is speeding headlong into Looney Toons absurdity.
August 15, 2011
Senior citizens' special of the year, a popcorn movie made from, uh, mature corn.
May 27, 2008
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.
October 14, 2012
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.
