On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
If, at this moment, the child next to you grabs your arm and hollers "Duck!", the movie will have been worth the ticket price.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
11 Jul 2008
rotten:
If 3D is indeed the future of movies, we're going to need something more substantial than Journey to the Center of the Earth to convince us.
– Philip Marchand,
Toronto Star,
11 Jul 2008
rotten:
Flat and predictable, though the visuals are often striking.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
11 Jul 2008
fresh:
Perfectly charming as well as predictably eye-popping.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
11 Jul 2008
fresh:
Most of the movie, directed by Eric Brevig, is as daft, outlandish, and speedy as it needs to be, and, for all its newfangled effects, touchingly old-fashioned in its reverence for the Jules Verne novel that inspired it.