Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) Critic Reviews

Terrific family entertainment, an action comedy on a par with "Night at the Museum" and "National Treasure."Read the full review

A legit action movie.Read the full review

A more unavoidable obstacle here is that there's not much in the way of plot -- the story is in the tour through the labyrinthian intimacies of inner Earth. As such, it's an f/x wizard's dream, and Brevig makes the most of it.Read the full review

Journey is just the new version of a 1950s comin'-at-ya roller coaster, with a tape measure, trilobite antennae, and giant snapping piranha thrust at the audience.Read the full review

For a harmless "Indiana Jones" knock-off, Journey to the Center of the Earth has an awful lot riding on it.Read the full review

I don't know if 3-D could improve all movies (nothing could make "The Love Guru" funny) but it sure works here.Read the full review

Surprising as it may be, given an unpromising trailer, the 3D update of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth turns out to be perfectly charming as well as predictably eye-popping.Read the full review

This first feature by veteran visual effects supervisor Eric Brevig has its transporting, if benign, charms.Read the full review

Like its early predecessors, it's a nominally fun trip, but it's tissue-thin and instantly forgettable.Read the full review