When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
English, Spanish, German, Hebrew (modern), Arabic, Nepali
Budget:
$18,000,000
Revenue:
$389,925,971
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. 37 wins & 24 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
One would think that a collaboration between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas would produce something better than this giggly pastiche of a Republic serial...
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
28 Jun 2007
fresh:
...a crackerjack fantasy-adventure that shapes its pulp sensibilities and cliff-hanging serial origins into an exhilarating escapist entertainment that will have broad-cased summer audiences in the palm of its hand.
– Stephen Klain,
Variety,
28 Jun 2007
rotten:
The thrills are fully consumed while you're seeing this movie, and it's totally over when it's over. It's a workout. You feel as if you'd been to the desert digs: at the end your mind is blank, yet you're parched, you're puffing hard -- you want relief.
– Pauline Kael,
New Yorker,
27 May 2008
fresh:
Raiders of the Lost Ark has it all -- or, anyway, more than enough to transport moviegoers back to the dazzling, thrill-sated matinee idyls of old.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
8 Aug 2011
fresh:
Yes, it's as entertaining as you have heard. Maybe more so. Raiders of the Lost Ark is, in fact, about as entertaining as a commercial movie can be.