A fun family film

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2004)

I felt kind of forced into seeing this movie - everyone wanted to see it but me. I also felt the previews gave away way too much of the plot and I was expecting to know the whole story. Before the movie even began my friends and I even tried to predict where the 'treasure' would be as a joke to the predictability of the whole film. YET, by some strange cinema miracle, I was actually entertained. The film delivers fun puzzles, cool special effects, and good acting, all without cursing and unnecessary violence. This is a good family Disney live-action movie! I was pleasantly surprised by the whole thing, and Joe and I left totally happy. It DELIVERS! It it is much better than what the previews make the film out to be, and there are some little twists that I hadn't expected. Want to know what a 'popcorn-movie' is? See this movie. Fun! Fun! Fun! And we all guessed wrong on where the goods were hidden.