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Universal acclaim- based on 116 Ratings

  • Starring: Alison Doody, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
  • Summary: Chapter 25 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones has it all: the fedora, the bullwhip, the ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)! This time, Indy (Ford) is on a perilous hunt for the Holy Grail with none other than his cantankerous dad (Connery). Father and son have rarely seen eye to eye. But if the adventure they share can't bridge the generation gap, nothing can. (Paramount) Expand
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. It's a beautiful machine, thought out and revved up to the last detail, with no other purpose but to delight - and it delights. [24 May 1989, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
  2. Start lining up now, bring a bullwhip -- and maybe some d-Con. Indiana will do the rest.
  3. You can't roll monstrous boulders straight at audiences any more and have a whole theater-full duck and gasp with fright--and pleasure. We may be plumb gasped out. And although Harrison Ford is still in top form and the movie is truly fun in patches, it's a genre on the wane. [24 May 1989, Calendar, p.6-1]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 37
  2. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. The best of all of the Indiana Jones.
  2. The movie still has its adventurous spirit with a bad ass performance by Harrison Ford. However, the movie may be boring for some of those who already have watched its prequels due to the extreme similarity. Overall if you like adventures, a great movie to watch. Expand
  3. It was good but not that good. I think Sean Connery was a great addition and works well with Harrison Ford. The rest of the cast was fine as well. I would have liked it see it be more original then the previous films but it was still a solid addition to the series. Expand
  4. Geared towards 12 year olds. The dialogue is so cheesy, it makes you cringe. Every single scene is so made, it is just way too obvious that there is a camera on the other side. Sean Connery as Indiana's dad is completely and utterly miscast. The rest of the characters are all too cliche. The entire story is so bad, it is just plain boring. Expand

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