Easily the most underrated film in the franchise, with its dark tone working perfectly in the context of its often macabre tale.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 7, 2023

Spielberg directs this movie like there's no tomorrow, and Ford is perfect as always, but in hindsight, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" doesn't come close to being as satisfying as the first or third installments. Full review in Spanish.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 28, 2023

As souped-up matinee fare this has heaps of bugs, humour and chases, topped by Harrison Ford at his charismatic peak.

Full Review | Jun 27, 2023

Such attitudes place the movie’s emotional center of gravity at about age 11, which suggests that the filmmakers have lost one year of maturity every summer since 1981.

Full Review | Apr 19, 2023

A meritorious continuation, that makes whichever adventure of Doctor Jones, enjoyable. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Steven Spielberg creates an atmosphere of happy disbelief: the more breathtaking and exhilarating the stunts are the funnier they are. Nobody has ever fused thrills and laughter in quite the way that he does here.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

As for the film's human elements, young Ke Huy Quan is a captivating find, supplying sentiment and laughter.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

The story is not as convoluted as Raiders, in fact it's all bit too simple, but the film presents itself like a fantastic rollercoaster ride.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Short Round turns out to be perhaps the pivotal character -- if not the workings of the plot, then in the way Raiders and Temple of Doom appeal to their viewers. [This] is a young boy's adventure seen through the eyes of a young boy.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

To describe and detail is to spoil the fun, and fun is absolutely all this movie is about... But the scenes between stunts in Indiana Jones are little more than pretty pieces of celluloid, bridges that get us from one hair-raising stunt to the next.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Temple of Doom oozes and crawls its way into our favor. Life among its cobwebs makes for extremely jumpy, eyes-through-your-fingers viewing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2023

There is not much plot, but for two hours the supersonic action rarely lets up. As a result, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is even more deliriously funny than its predecessor, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

It is unfair to attempt to compare Indiana Jones to other escapist films. The master filmmakers make their counterparts seem like fledgling novices. They set such high standards for cinema entertainment with Raiders that it is difficult to do better.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Steven Spielberg is grinning broadly from the opening sequence where he serves up a dazzle of high-kicking chorines, trilling -- what else --. Anything Goes. And so it does, at breakneck speed.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 18, 2023

The Temple of Doom is, like Raiders of the Lost Ark before it, a triumph of escapist entertainment for all ages.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is, in many ways, a terrific movie. But it is also overdone -- not just overdone, but over-overdone.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

This film reconfirms Spielberg's status as a master movie story teller. My only frustration in seeing this film is that I wish I were 10 years old again, though [Spielberg's] gift is to coax the child out of the moviegoer.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 18, 2023

You get the feeling that Spielberg and Lucas had a ball making this movie. They have pulled out all the stops to create the sort of movie-going experience which sweeps you off your feet and deposits you in a heap when it's all over.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom makes every day matinee day. It whirs, it buzzes. It jumps, it thrills and it scares. It's everything an adventure-hungry crowd could want -- and more.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023

It’s full of rip and roar and heart-in-your-mouth exhilaration. The kind of a sequel you’d only imagine would come out of Hollywood in your fondest dreams.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2023