Cleverness can be overrated but it can be underrated too, and the best thing about National Treasure is how clever it is.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
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 Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
An undeniable pleasure of National Treasure was watching a movie shot locally that wasn't haunted by a virus or by dead people.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
National Treasure is as doggedly hokey and ham-handed as a Disneyland ride.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
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 Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Jon Voight shows up as Ben's daddy, and Harvey Keitel plays a devilishly goateed FBI agent: They're the only two actors who seem to have a sense of how ridiculous National Treasure is, but there's not enough of them to carry the picture.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
National Treasure is so silly that the Monty Python version could use the same screenplay, line for line.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
Ham-handed to start, with a fondness for cochlea-crushing decibel levels, National Treasure gets more entertaining as the preposterousness rises.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Ten minutes into the picture, you're searching the screen for life-support machines.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
National Treasure's storyline isn't compelling or coherent enough to warrant the term "plot."Read Full Review »