Raiders of the Lost Ark

  • PG (SINGAPORE)
  • 1981


MOVIE IS exhilarating imperfect cinematic spectacular
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Positive Reviews 52
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 4.5/5
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5.0
If you go back to the film, which you and your children will almost certainly want to do, its fun to pick out where even the best filmmakers make litt .. Common Sense Media
4.5
...a crackerjack fantasy adventure that shapes its pulp sensibilities and cliff hanging serial origins into an exhilarating escapist entertainment tha .. Variety
4.5
Whether you swallow it or not, see it for a handful of totally unexpected visual jokes, worth the price of admission alone. Time Out
5.0
Lost Ark holds up for many reasons, not least of which is because of Spielbergs consummate skill as a visual storyteller and his ability to draw charg ..
5.0
Subtleties are not what Raiders of the Lost Ark is all about.Its the thrills that keep it moving. The Hollywood Reporter
5.0
Spielberg brings his signature blend of action/adventure and humor to the film, celebrating its 19th anniversary with this re release.
5.0
It won for Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Effects Editing. Telegraph
5.0
Three years ago, the Swedish journalist Fredrik Gertten made a documentary called Bananas!*, about 12 Nicaraguan fruit pickers who sued the Dole Food .. Telegraph
5.0
But if the final result is one of the most exhilarating examples of action/adventure cinema its pre credit sequence, a glowing homage to ye olde Holly ..
4.0
As a university professor in an early scene, Ford is shown in rumpled suit and horn rimmed glasses, very academic, but once he leaves the university t .. Ny Daily News
5.0
If youre young, youll enjoy its humor, its cool action sequences and its gross out factor at times. JoBlo
5.0
Steven Spielberg is a director who knows that most audiences evaluate movies mainly as sensory experiences.They want to be thrilled. Spirituality And Practice
5.0
This is the kind of movie that, even today, audiences immediately fall in love with.It has all the right ingredients: a smart script, a likable hero, .. ReelViews
4.5
Most viewers are powerless to resist the kinetic pleasures of this endlessly inventive action adventure. Tv Guide
1.0
Spielberg, who directed, knows a lot about action cutting but nothing about narrative rhythm: this 1981 film travels fast and straight down a linear p .. Chicago Reader
4.4
But in attempting to craft a film meant to appeal to a wider audience, Spielberg has emerged with one of his most uneven movies to date. Reel Film Reviews
4.0
This bullwhip cracking action adventure launched the series starring Harrison Ford.On its 35th anniversary BFI Southbank is running an Indiana Jones r .. The Times
5.0
The brilliantly evocative 1930s set saga treats all the old cliches as if theyve just been newly minted, and adds dazzling special effects to craft a .. Radio Times
5.0
Think of it as a high quality version of one of the old movie serials that kids used to get every Saturday at the theater before the double feature. Internet Reviews
4.5
This film was also not only the subject of my very first movie review, but also the reason why I started reading movie reviews in newspapers and payin .. Internet Reviews
4.0
Raiders took a quaint concept and gussied it up so that it had massive appeal to a modern audience. Mountain X
2.0
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5.0
The films crammed with great stuff: creepy spiders and skulls, and rays of sunlight that open granite doors.Still a treat. Guardian
5.0
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the .. Q Network
4.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark successfully balances comedy, adventure, and romance in what is one of the best action films ever made. Cinema Crazed
5.0
Theres plenty of comedy underlying the action and a general sense of good humour which makes this a pleasure to watch. Eye For Film
1.5
Kinesthetically, the film gets to you.It gets your heart thumping. New Yorker
4.5
But theres more than just spectacular action to keep you entertained. Bullz-Eye
5.0
8 things to watch out for this week Feature Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta debuts on PS4, Monster Hunter World hits PC and Better Call Sau .. Total Film
4.0
One leaves the cinema with ones brain in pieces.Derek Malcolm Santa Sangre Cert 18, 123 mins **** Horror fans hoping for art along with the artifice s .. Standard
5.0
It is the rare genre film that achieves a cinematic alchemy of widespread popular and critical appeal, earning the designation of classic..It is the r .. Groucho Reviews
4.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a wonderful movie. The good news for exhibitors is that its also one of those rollercoaster like movies that people will be .. Boxoffice Magazine
5.0
The adventure also serves to bolster admirable characters, an easygoing tone, and homage laden style.
5.0
An action movie and Harrison Ford, can that combination ever fail Three Movie Buffs
5.0
...lets us indulge in childish thrills without feeling silly about it. Larsen On Film
5.0
Breathtakingly efficient, immaculately constructed... This is the ne plus ultra of blockbuster filmmaking. Antagony & Ecstasy
5.0
But none of the knockoffs possess the wit, the energy nor the thrills of the 1981 film and its sequels. Montreal Film Journal
5.0
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark isnt just one of the greatest films of the 1980s but one of the all time classics. Solzy At The Movies
4.5
Its a totally charming, engaging story and a reminder that professionals have to go just a little bit further with their cinematic valentines. Flavor Wire
3.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark is my favorite movie. I dont have to tell you why its great. You know why its great. Instead, what follows is a list of very p .. Movie Mezzanine
3.0
What elevates Raiders from great entertainment to transcendently great entertainment is the lost ark itself. Decent Films
3.5
The action in Egypt is so febrile that, if there were not some gags included, the pace itself would be funny. New Republic
5.0
An adventure film that plays like an old time 12 part serial that you see all at once, instead of Saturday to Saturday.Its a modern Thief of Baghdad. Articles Chicago Tribune
5.0
It is the classic film Lucas, Spielberg...back before they were replaced by automatons put here by aliens. Need Coffee
5.0
In the process, Raiders of the Lost Ark becomes too arch, too much a parody of adventure and too little of an adventure itself. Archive Spectator
5.0
Watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again in 2012 is a strange yet rewarding experience.So much of the film is recognisable having been continually imita .. Cinema Autopsy
3.8
Entertainment that propels the audience inexorably from one excitement to the next. Associated Press
5.0
Raiders is a cliffhanger in every sense of the word; the action and suspense never let up, aided by a clever script and the exhilarating directorial h .. Los Angeles Free Press
4.5
Background Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is the spectacular, cliff hanger, breathlessly paced, non stop action/adventure film of the early 1980s.It w .. Film Site
5.0
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas crafts a real cliffhanger Indians armed with poisoned darts and arrows. Content Time
5.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark could be a silent film at times, because Spielberg favors actions over words, telling his story with great camerawork. Cinencuentro
3.0
Watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again on the big screen I was again reminded how summer films were once thoroughly entertaining and fulfilling. Old School Reviews
5.0
That is not a slight as an attempt to make a raw popcorn film was Lucas original intent behind Star Wars; an intent Raiders much more successfully car .. VitalThrills.com
4.5
Ford, in a career minting performance, plays what wouldve been a cardboard cut out in the 1930s as grubby, coy, impertinent, imperfect, phobic of snak .. Empire Online
4.5
Raiders is an assured, relaxed, impressive work. Its almost impossible to resist. Its no more substantial than cotton candy but its easily the best pi .. Boston Globe



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