This movie is so unbelievable that you have to accept that right off, or you'll just not like it.   For example, as Judy pointed out to me, in one scene they are going down into a shaft with stairs and lifts.  The stairs are rotting away from being over 200 years old, but the ropes on the lifts - perfect condition.  But if you can see it as a comic book action, it's enjoyable enough.   Roger Ebert didn't like it that much, but I liked the way he describes the main actors. "Cage, one of my favorite actors, is ideal for this caper because he has the ability to seem uncontrollably enthusiastic about almost anything. Harvey Keitel, who plays FBI agent Sadusky, falls back on his ability to seem grim about almost anything. Jon Voight calls on his skill at seeming sincere at the drop of a pin. Diane Kruger has a foreign accent even though she is the National Archivist, so that our eyes can mist at the thought that in the land of opportunity, even a person with a foreign accent can become the National Archivist."  And given Cage's enthusiasm you just let go and enjoy the movie for it's entertainment and fun.  As you can see the Users liked this way better than the Critics and that's because Critics and Users watch movies from very different perspectives.   Although it's rated PG for violence and  some scary scenes, there isn't much of either,  The whole family can watch this one.

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Storyline From Yahoo:  All his life, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been searching for a treasure no one believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left clues to the treasure's location right before our eyes... from our nation's birthplace, to the nation's capitol, to clues buried within the symbols on the dollar bill. In a race against time, Gates must elude the FBI, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary (Sean Bean), decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000 year-old mystery behind our greatest national treasure. Ratings: Critics C+    Users B+