1. A smart, entertaining little adventure through American history.
2. National Treasure is not so much a no-brainer as a brain-stunner, so audaciously ridiculous you are initially intrigued, then soon irritated by its incoherence.
3. Cage . . . all but sleepwalks through the film with an expression and body language that could be the result of his jockeys being just a scooch binding
4. Safe, simplistic and stylistically inert film fodder meant only for the least discerning multiplex zombies.
5. A witty comedy caper.
6. Great escapism.
7. Despite its superficiality, National Treasure is undeniably enjoyable.
8. None of this should work, but in the best Bruckheimer tradition, it does.
9. Nicolas Cage usually brims with personality, but you wouldn't know it from this pedestrian ripoff of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
10. Interminable and riddled with plot holes you could drive a humvee through.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?
National Treasure is no treasure, but it's a fun ride for those who can forgive its highly improbable plot.