Rotten
This just might be the silliest movie ever to feature three Academy Award winners.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.
2007 · 2h 4m · PG
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jon Turteltaub
Overview
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Director and cast
- Jon Turteltaub Director
- Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates
- Jon Voight as Patrick Gates
- Harvey Keitel as Agent Sadusky
- Ed Harris as Mitch Wilkinson
- Diane Kruger as Abigail Chase
- Justin Bartha as Riley Poole
- Helen Mirren as Emily Appleton
- Bruce Greenwood as USA President
- Ty Burrell as Connor
- Albert Hall as Dr. Nichols
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Leave it to coproducer Jerry Bruckheimer to revive the Indiana Jones cycle without the period setting, the camp elements, or Spielberg's efficiency; director Jon Turteltaub just plods along.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
This sequel is what you would expect: If you liked the original, you'll probably enjoy this retread. But be warned: It bogs down in a drawn-out scene near the end.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
As much as you want to applaud the movie's winking commitment to its own Looney Tunes logic, it's frustrating when lazy and illogical plot devices are used like cattle prods.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
The movie's convoluted hide-and-seek plot also demands a White House break-in that makes about as much sense as subprime mortgage rates.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
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