The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 47, November 21, 2004, Article 7

REVIEWS PANS "NATIONAL TREASURE"

  The film "National Treasure" opened this week and was
  roundly trashed by at least one reviewer.  In the November 19
  New York Times, Stephen Holden writes: "Maybe, just maybe,
  an 8-year-old could pick up an interest in American history from
  watching "National Treasure," that is, if the child could stay
  awake for this sluggish two-hour trudge through landmarks in
  Washington, Philadelphia and New York. It's far more likely,
  however, that a child who could stay awake through this fanciful
  reality game show (a Grade C "Amazing Race") would come
  away believing the bogus mythology that detonates it with a
  squishy thud."

  "Looking like a mangy hound dog with patches of hair missing,
  Mr. Cage skulks through a role that demands a wry Harrison
  Ford-like sense of irony.  The actor, who can't even muster a
  half-smile or a raised eyebrow, wears the numbed expression of
  a lazy star who can't be bothered to find the character inside
  his role. If "National Treasure" mattered at all, you might
  call it a national disgrace, but this piece of flotsam is so
  inconsequential that it amounts to little more than a piece
  of Hollywood accounting."

  To read the entire review, see: Review

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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