Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade closed the decade in style.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 7, 2023

An awfully good and deliciously watchable popcorn movie, made by probably the single most reliable director of popcorn movies in the history of American cinema, when he was still pretty close to the peak of his powers.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 5, 2023

While the first instalment is a visceral and unexpectedly violent adventure, "The Last Crusade" is a gentler experience, more concerned with softening Indy's character through his relationship with his father. Full review in Spanish.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 1, 2023

[It's] a rip-snorting, action-packed adventure. It is fun. It is exhilarating. It has all the elements you want -- the hero, the trustworthy friends, the villains, the father's love, the damsel, the action, the cliffhangers, the prize.

Full Review | May 9, 2023

As I watched it, I felt a real delight, because recent Hollywood escapist movies have become too jaded and cynical, and they have lost the feeling that you can stumble over astounding adventures just by going on a hike with your Scout troop.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 1, 2023

If Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were never born, the world would be a little less exciting.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

Of the three Jones films, The Last Crusade may well become the sentimental favorite, the Indiana to end them all.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

All concerned say that this is the end of Indiana Jones the end the series that began with Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'm not buying it. This thing looks as if it was almost as much fun to make as it was arduous.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

It's impossible to recapture the joy and wonder of seeing a superlative picture like Raiders for the first time, but to his credit Spielberg comes very close.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

River Phoenix, meanwhile, has a few marvelous moments as the adolescent Indiana Jones in the film's fabulous 16-minute prologue.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2023

I think this last installment in the popular series, made with the same care, conviction and energy as the first, but orchestrating the elements of a delicious formula at a still higher level of sophistication, may well be the best of his best.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 1, 2023

Excesses notwithstanding, The Last Crusade’s debits are far outweighed by its credits. Chief among them is the film’s riveting 16-minute opening sequence, which serves as a combination prologue/prequel to the entire series.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 1, 2023

It's a shame that Spielberg and Ford say this is going to be the last Indiana Jones. There's so much life in this, the third installment, it could fuel several more.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 1, 2023

You suspect this movie Is going to be a great deal of fun from the very beginning, when River Phoenix, as the young Indiana Jones, snatches a jeweled cross from grave robbers and flees with it.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

People who like action for its own sake will think this movie's great. As for people who think there should be something more than action -- that it should signify or symbolize or say something -- they'll think it's great, too.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

You could play the cynic and say it is an outrageous piece of audience manipulation. Or, you could say that it is a thrilling exercise in pure cinema. Why not the latter?

Full Review | May 1, 2023

verall it’s a cunning expertly made film that proves itself a lavish entertainment. Its mixture of blithe silliness and heart-racing action makes keeping up with the Jones a joyful and exhilarating experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2023

The repartee between Ford and Connery provides a nice balance to Spielberg's magically choreographed action. The actors make it all look so easy and are obviously enjoying the verbal jousting.

Full Review | May 1, 2023

One of the things that made Raiders such a delight was the way he was able to recapture the B-movie thrills of the old-time serials in A-movie style, and The Last Crusade accomplishes that as well, as its two-hours-plus speed by in a breathless rush.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 1, 2023

With [Last Crusade], Steven Spielberg has regained the inspired sense of humor that made Raiders of the Lost Ark such fun. He demonstrates convincingly that he has no peer among directors today when it comes to the humorous approach to action-adventure.

Full Review | May 1, 2023