SummaryNicholas Cage stars as the brilliant treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in who discovers a secret from our nation's past that will lead to the greatest adventure in history. (Disney)
Directed By:Jon Turteltaub
Written By:Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Oren Aviv, Charles Segars
National Treasure
Metascore
Mixed or Average
40
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
40
22% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
42% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
36% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
75
A wholesome, headlong extravaganza - a sort of North by Northeast sans high style and erotic innuendo.
63
An undeniable pleasure of National Treasure was watching a movie shot locally that wasn't haunted by a virus or by dead people.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
59% Positive
152 Ratings
152 Ratings
36% Mixed
92 Ratings
92 Ratings
5% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Jul 17, 2026
10
This movie is perfect. Yes, I said it. Absolutely perfect. It's not supposed to be real or historically accurate, just like any other adventure treasure hunt tomb raider lost ark movie. In this kind of adventure you just want a coherent and clever riddle that the protagonist has to solve. This movie is just the perfect example of such story, which is only found in some videogames or novels. If you are a nerd that spent childhood playing with treasure hunts and solving puzzles, this is the perfect movie.
Oct 20, 2019
10
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Who doesn’t love a movie about a treasure hunt?!
50
Coming from writers responsible for such material as "Snow Dogs" and "The 6th Day," 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.
50
It has no ambition, little sense and false sentiment, but it does have velocity, high spirits and scale.
38
For his fourth paycheck-cashing run through “J-Bruck’s” action-hero gauntlet, Cage lazily plays Benjamin Franklin Gates-the first of many overstuffed social-studies references.
30
It lacks the conviction to embrace its own garish awfulness, resulting in little more than tedious historical and patriotic hokum, a preposterous potboiler done in by slack pacing and pedestrian execution.
10
Isn't any fun at all, which is ultimately the most damning thing you can say about a Bruckheimer movie.
Jul 15, 2018
10
WHY the low ratings?? This movie was AWESOME! Not accurate to history, but SO WHAT?? It was incredibly entertaining!
Jul 6, 2022
6
National Treasure is a typical adventure film. There is a good cast, a good plot tie and a delusional plot. National Treasure has interesting action scenes, but most of them are not impressive. And this is the most important thing in adventure films. Only fans of the genre or fans of Nicolas Cage can be advised to watch.
Jun 28, 2020
6
I love Nicholas Cage in this movie, it's a very clever and fun movie and I'd even say it's an interesting movie for the most part but the biggest negative I've got with this movie would have to be the plot. The plot for the movie had me so muddled to what was happening with the characters at most points but it was a fun movie for the most part.
Jul 8, 2019
6
It's not that National Treasure is awful but it isn't good also, it has a lot of cliches but is so entertaining to see Nicolas Cage and Sean Bean do things that even when they're in a long exposition scene you're still entertained. I don't recommend it unless you don't have anything to watch or you're stuck in an airplane or something, otherwise, you can pass over it.
Mar 2, 2025
3
Im so glad i didnt watch this in the cinema. A film so bare and lifeless as the ancient dessicated corpses that inhabit the film. Id say kids might like it, but i dont think any of the cast would appeal. I suppose nic cage did make a good effort. So theres that. And yet i find not a single likeable character. Its more a series of living postcards than a coherent film.
Production Company:
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Junction Entertainment
- Saturn Films
Release Date:Nov 19, 2004
Duration:2 h 11 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:From the producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
