National Treasure Critic Reviews

Cleverness can be overrated but it can be underrated too, and the best thing about National Treasure is how clever it is.Read the full review

National Treasure even has a rough time approaching the heart of ''The Amazing Race," a show that manages, in 44 minutes, to make you care about average folks as they follow clues across the globe.Read the full review

If you're going to tell a wildly implausible tale of fortune hunting and unlikely heroes, you could do worse than National Treasure. Read the full review

National Treasure is so silly that the Monty Python version could use the same screenplay, line for line.Read the full review

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

Tries to combine the suspense of old Saturday morning serials with the gusto of producer Jerry Bruckheimer's action pics. Falling short on both counts, this long, and long-winded, series of middling cliffhangers won't pump the adrenaline of action aficionados or -- the family crowd. Read the full review

National Treasure is as doggedly hokey and ham-handed as a Disneyland ride. Read the full review

The character of a scruffy computer nerd, played with might-as-well-enjoy-myself charm by little-known actor Justin Bartha, steals the picture from glossier players. Read the full review

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