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Exciting Stylized
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Good Versus Evil Treasure Hunt Heroic Mission Riddles and Clues Escapades Heroes Rivalry Adventurer more...
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Adventure Hollywood Tone Action
Time/Period:
Contemporary 21st Century
Place:
USA
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Boys' Night Family Outing Teens
Praise:
Blockbuster
Attitudes:
Serious Realistic Fast
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National Treasure, 2004

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Written by: Cormac Wibberley

Language: English, Spanish

Country: USA

Runtime: 131 min

MPAA Rating: PG

Rating:6.8

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Profile of National Treasure

The mood of National Treasure is exciting and stylized. The plot centers around riddles and clues, a treasure hunt, and good versus evil. It is an adventure and action movie. Stylistically, National Treasure has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is fast. National Treasure is set in the USA. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being a blockbuster. National Treasure is especially suggested for a family outing, teens, and a boys' night. Note that it includes mild violent content.

Summary of National Treasure

American history gets a cool make-over in this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced comedic action thriller. Nicholas Cage plays Ben Gates, the descendent of an early American patriot who has left him information relating to a vast treasure, hidden during the Revolutionary War by the Freemasons. A clue at the north pole sets things in motion, and Ben must use his formidable cryptography skills to decipher puzzles hidden in the most unlikely places--one appears on the dollar bill, and another is on the back of the U.S. constitution. Ben's unscrupulous former partner (Sean Bean) and his gang of thugs are also after the treasure for selfish, evil purposes. A plot to steal the Constitution sets off a 13-colony-wide chase with all the trimmings: cops going after the wrong man, the rescue of a cute female cryptographer (Diane Kruger) who tags along for the ride, and Jon Voight answering the door in the middle of the night as Ben's disapproving father. High-speed editing and a clever script make this an enjoyable history lesson, with Cage's character masquerading as his own versions of Sherlock Holmes, Indiana Jones, and an over-caffeinated Washington D.C. tour guide. He and Kruger demonstrate some fine romantic chemistry, and Justin Bartha gets off some legitimately funny lines as Ben's long-suffering sidekick. Last but not least, Harvey Keitel makes a very cool FBI chief.

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Language:	English, Spanish
Country:	USA
Release date:	8 November 2004
Runtime:	131 min

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Nicolas Cage

as Ben Gates

Justin Bartha

as Riley Poole

Sean Bean

as Ian Howe

Diane Kruger

as Abigail Chase

Harvey Keitel

as Sadusky

Jon Voight

as Patrick Gates

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Nicolas Cage in National Treasure (2004)

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Chicago Tribune

Overall the film is alluringly over-the-top without being overcooked. Full Review

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by: Allison Benedikt

The Hollywood Reporter

If you're going to tell a wildly implausible tale of fortune hunting and unlikely heroes, you could do worse than National Treasure. Full Review

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by: Kirk Honeycutt

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This movie could have been so cool. I felt like this movie was trying to build to something that wasn't there. The chemistry between Ben and Abigail was strained at best. Riley gave a bit of comic relief, but other then that this movie was a yawner.... Read and rate it

07.October.2009
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by: Petri33
Petri33 rated this movie0/10

National Treasure was blasted by many critics as a nonsensical, action-mystery wannabe. For the most part they are right, but this movie was just good ol' plain fun to watch. To sum up the unusual plot, the movie follows Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) as... Read and rate it

23.March.2009
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by: Jason
Jason rated this movie8/10Great

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