Just good fun

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2005)

The whole family went to see "National Treasure" last night -- mom and dad in early 40s, 14-year-old son, 10-year-old son. Everyone enjoyed it thoroughly -- even the younger one, who may well have missed some of the significant clues, and Dad, who thought he was just being nice to the kids. Muddled up history, improbable plot twists, cartoonish good guys and bad guys -- and still good, fast-moving fun that inspired lots of discussion in the car on the way home. It isn't great art and it is never going to be a classic, but it's much more fun than the critics gave it credit for. We might even buy the DVD for the boys when that comes out.