Nice Mindless Vanilla Entertainment

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

I found this movie to be entertaining, comfortably formulaic, and it didn't really affect on way or another. No real suspense, or shocking moments, with the notable and disgusting exception of one moment pertaining to the Charlotte riddle...
Not exactly Pirates of the Caribbean, all told, though it could have been. I think the subject matter was a little to broad, and that held the pace up a little, though we never felt as though the movie actually dragged along. The acting was OK, the comic relief was acceptable but annoying at times. I must admit that the Declaration snatch was quite fun, playing to the relative strengths of the characters, though Diane Kruger needs to spend a little more time in bit parts to tweak her skills, she is just a little to amateurish.