The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

TV-PG

2004

1 hr. 36 min.

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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60%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

57%

10,000+ Ratings

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A caretaker (Noah Wyle) beneath a metropolitan library protects magical artifacts from those who would use them to do evil.

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Matthew D

Made for television Indiana Jones with fun history and mythology for nerds. Noah Wyle is the main charmer and appeal. Noah Wyle is still charming and funny, but these Librarian movies all feature horrible dialogue, cheesy jokes, hideously dated CGI, cheap obvious green screen, and awful cinematography. Everyone looks so bored besides Wyle and feels like they're phoning it in for a paycheck. I used to love this as a child, and now all I see is the cheap sets and effects that are so distracting. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear remains quaint and watchable, but nowhere near as amazing as I remembered. Kelly Hu is so pretty and they really wasted Kyle MacLachlan. Bob Newhart looks and sounds like he was near death, but he can be funny.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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steve d

Whimsical and a whole lot of fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Charming, fun movie that does a good job at its primary goal: entertainment

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

The storytelling is the best part of the adventure, CGs actions really needs some master's touch to be great

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Great story premise.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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I did not watch this movie when it came out in 2004. I just finished watching The Librarians tv show and discovered there were 3 movie series before the show came out. This movie gives a good insight into Flynn's backstory and how he became a librarian. I really enjoyed this movie, very glad to have watched this. Just so you know this is not a rip off of Indiana Jones, this is a completely different story, keep that in mind.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Peter Winther

Director

Noah Wyle

Flynn Carsen

Kyle MacLachlan

Edward Wilde

Sonya Walger

Nicole Noone

Jane Curtin

Charlene

Kelly Hu

Lana

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Melanie McFarland

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Set the bar very low and you may appreciate its stupidity.

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Joyce Millman

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Wyle's geeky charm and the story's glorification of book learnin' are enough to keep the good vibes aloft.

Jul 2, 2018

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Roger Catlin

Hartford Courant

If this poor stab at Indiana Jones is the best material [Noah Wyle] can find, he's better off at the hospital.

Jan 2, 2018

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MaryAnn Johanson

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It's all totally lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek and never dares to be serious about anything, which is refreshing.

Nov 30, 2006

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

It's a fun cheesy cable TV flick, a slice of winking B movie giddiness that charms us into smiling through all the nonsense.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2005

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Synopsis

A caretaker (Noah Wyle) beneath a metropolitan library protects magical artifacts from those who would use them to do evil.

Director: Peter Winther
Executive Producer: Sven Clement, Dean Devlin
Screenwriter: David N. Titcher
Production Co: Electric Entertainment, Turner Network Television
Rating: TV-PG (V|L)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2016

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