Fresh
Not surprisingly, Ford has most of the action here. But Connery -- in what is often a test of a true actor -- shows how much you can do with an essentially passive part.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Have the adventure of your life keeping up with the Joneses.
1989 · 2h 7m · PG-13
Action, Adventure
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Overview
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!
Director and cast
- Steven Spielberg Director
- Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
- Sean Connery as Professor Henry Jones
- Denholm Elliott as Dr. Marcus Brody
- Alison Doody as Dr. Elsa Schneider
- John Rhys-Davies as Sallah
- Julian Glover as Walter Donovan
- River Phoenix as Indiana Jones (young)
- Michael Byrne Cast
- Kevork Malikyan Cast
- Robert Eddison Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fans of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' Indiana Jones series may rest assured that the latest installment, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, is fully up to, as well as virtually indistinguishable from, its predecessors.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Though Last Crusade lacks the novelty of Raiders (and, by the way, the flat-out breathless pacing of Temple of Doom), it's an entertaining capper to the trilogy.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
This is not so much a bad film as a machine-like one lacking the same energy as the original, which it most resembles.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Even if he's considerably more battered than his nearest competitor, Indiana quits at the top of the heap. It's just that the heap isn't what it was eight years ago. It's been almost flattered to death.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
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