A good time had by all...

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2006)

National Treasure is not a documentary, it's a story, and as long as you realise that before you go in to watch it you should be very pleased with what you find.
Nicholas Cage has been on a quest his whole life to find something (the eponymous National Treasure) and we follow him as he goes after it. Simple as that. The story holds together very well and the action moves forwards in a very slick, polished kind of a way.
I wasn't expecting much from this because I'd heard some very lukewarm reviews, but people really need to stop saying that every movie that comes out is trying to be something else and assess them on their own merits. Nicholas Cage is as good as ever, the plot works just as it should, it grabs your attention early on and - if you let it - will sweep you happily along as things steadily unfold.
Although the ending wasn't great, overall this movie works very well. Very good, very easy, very entertaining viewing.