The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 17%

Critic Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes

"There simply isn't a whole lot of excitement being generated in this lackluster family adventure, though it tries oh so very hard."
‑ Bruce Ingram, Chicago Sun-Times
"For being a kids-centric film, the picture is relatively slow and joyless..."
‑ Gabe Toro, The Playlist
"Meh and double meh on this movie."
‑ Glenn Kenny,
‑ David Noh, Film Journal International
"The quest for the Midas Box never seems like more than a poor man's plot-engine substitute for Tolkien's One Ring."
‑ Dennis Harvey, Variety
"Solid Victorian adventure is too dark for younger kids."
‑ Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media
"The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box could somewhat aptly be described as National Treasure in Victorian England. That is to say, it has that distinct feeling of being a tenth-generation ripoff of Raiders of the Lost Ark."
‑ Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
"Mere mention of buried treasure and amulets and so forth don't automatically mean international intrigue, which your little brother can tell you when he wakes up."
‑ Matt Pais, RedEye
"The visually stylish film feels like a combination of elements from other fantasy adventures, yet turns out more muddled and convoluted than suspenseful."
‑ Todd Jorgenson,
"Unsophisticated and cartoonish, but well-cast and kid-friendly in an old-fashioned way."
‑ Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
""This is horrible!" Sacha the seamstress says. "I have to get out of here!" She stole the thoughts right out of my brain as I watched Jonathan Newman's dismally directed, inert action movie The Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Box."
‑ Dann Gire, Daily Herald (IL)
"The film gradually reveals a lot of unsavory motives, which ultimately deflate the buoyant virtues on which the film had blithely coasted."
‑ R. Kurt Osenlund, Slant Magazine
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