Fountain of Youth

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Audience Member This move was so bad on so many levels. Sorry John and friends. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Gregory M Just flat out bad. Bad script, bad acting, bad. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review Travis F I really like the cast, so I wanted this to be better than what it was. I feel like the overall story-line could be good but it was just put together poorly. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/14/25 Full Review Tom F Not as terrible as I assumed, but still not good. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/12/25 Full Review Alan W Directed by Guy Ritchie as if he's got a blank cheque from Apple, this arduously family-oriented action adventure film actually begins reasonably well. Hopscotching around the world and making good use of actual locations to mount decent and solidly executed set pieces in the busy streets of Bangkok or the Austrian National Library in Vienna, and even on a sunken ship that's been raised off the Irish coast, you can see where the money has gone to make the film look as glossy and slick as it is. The choice of John Krasinski and Natalie Portman, as a pair of estranged siblings also feels fresh and fun. Krasinski's rogue Luke is full of cheeky, charming banter, while Portman is surprisingly gamed as she hangs loose and "slums" it in a crowd-pleasing blockbuster as his more prudent sister Charlotte. However, what this film cannot shake off is the fact that Luke is basically Indiana Jones-lite and James Vanderbilt's screenplay, in which they embark on an international scavenger hunt backed by Domhnall Gleeson's dubious billionaire to find clues that will lead them to the location of the titular fountain, while being chased by the Interpol as well as a mysterious but religious-inferred group of protectors who want to keep the powers of the Fountain hidden from mankind, is essentially National Treasure 3 with a soupçon of Da Vinci Code thrown in. If the very PG-friendly execution is too bloodless, and those premonitions haunting Luke bordering on arthouse nonsense, this would've still been fine if it manages to stick that landing. Sadly, the CG-heavy final act, involving unimaginatively the Pyramids again, is so conventionally plotted and unashamedly borrowed from Raiders of the Lost Ark, it only manages to squander any goodwill gathered as the film ends on a terribly boring and tired note. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Kyle M Guy Ritchie’s grounded fantasy in adventurous mode may seem unusual yet fittingly fun mixture considering his past stylistic endeavors, until the seeking turn into frustration over countless elements being similarly handled like the artifactual pieces without a sense of originality that flattens what could’ve been an enjoyable ride, at least bolstered by John Krasinski and Natalie Portman’s witty dynamic. (B-) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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