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

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

This is a fairly bad movie, and yet at the same time maybe about as good as it could be. There may not be an 8-year-old alive who would not love 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

Ultimately, Journey to the Center of the Earth's minor-league visual pleasures will be most enjoyed by those with the smallest number of celluloid reference points, preferably those who have started going to the movies after "Jurassic Park" or, better yet, the Harry Potter films.Read the full review

With 3-D, a little goes a long way and, in the absence of a legitimate script with credible characters, the fun dries up long before the running time has expired.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

A legit action movie.Read the full review

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

If this movie is not a ride, then what is it? One thing it may not be, quite, is a movie.Read the full review