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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: We flip through the usual catalog of close-call explosions, firefights and chases in which the weaponry is as lovingly photographed as the bronzed McConaughey and gorgeous Cruz. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Feels like a carbon copy of the real thing. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: How many leaps of logic do you allow an action movie before that thin strand of suspended disbelief snaps? Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Entertaining but flawed popcorn fare. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: This one has everything: stereotyped characters, shaky camera work, absurdly inappropriate pop songs on the soundtrack, a confused tone, misplaced zaniness and a nonsensical story. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It drove me crazy. It made National Treasure look like a documentary. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A big, goofy, entirely disposable, tons-o-fun Hollywood Action Flick. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The film is passably entertaining, in no small part because of Steve Zahn. Read more
Janice Page, Boston Globe: Good-natured enough to entertain here and there, but that otherwise loses its way long before the characters complete their implausible quest. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: It's a little hard to have silly fun when you are constantly being reminded that Hotel Rwanda and similar stories have been playing out down the road. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: It's about good ol' boys on a rip-snorting adventure, and to that end, it succeeds. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Whatever it lacks in substance it makes up for in gloss, humor and thrills, and a good time should be had by all. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: McConaughey and his co-stars make the case that fun, however fleeting, is still fun. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Insanely busy, exceedingly long, and sometimes endearingly preposterous. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A largely entertaining version of Clive Cussler's novel, with Matthew McConaughey delivering the goods as the adventurous Dirk Pitt. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: This perfectly distracting, ultimately unsatisfying film feels like a James Bond flick in which the stand-in got the lead. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Feels as plodding and fruitless as trekking the length of a desert on a pogo stick with a busted spring. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Productions this guiltlessly corny need real personalities to sell them, and unlike the dull National Treasure, Sahara has a few. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Eisner is not remotely up to the challenge. Spending millions on action scenes does not mean you get them right. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: It may not be Raiders of the Lost Ark, but Sahara, the screen adaptation of Clive Cussler's sprawling African adventure yarn, is a movie that keeps half a brain in its head while adopting the amused, cocky smirk of the Indiana Jones romps. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Despite the vast beauty of location settings in Morocco and Spain, the vast lack of chemistry between the two stars is appalling. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Let's hope today's 10-year-old boys aren't too jaded by Matrix reruns to enjoy this for the good clean fun that it is. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I enjoyed this movie on its own dumb level, which must mean (I am forced to conclude) in my own dumb way. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Getting the girl, finding the gold and saving the world from a plague are just afterthoughts here. The main objective is to have fun, and in that regard, Sahara accomplishes its mission handily. Read more
Christy Lemire, Journal News (Westchester, NY): Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Unlike Raiders of the Lost Ark, which this movie wants so desperately to be, there's nothing here to engage the brain along with the eyeballs. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: A testosterone-drenched escapade that misses because it lacks the tension to make it a thrill ride. Read more
Robert Koehler, Variety: Eisner shows himself to be a solid helmer of complex and beautifully staged action sequences with a sure ear for character interplay and an exact eye for glorious widescreen framing with nods to images from Lawrence of Arabia. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Sahara is many things, but it is not a movie. It is the skull-splitting cacophony of 21 producers and four screenwriters (that we know about, anyway) standing in the same room shouting into their cell phones. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: McConaughey's no Harrison Ford. And no one cracks the whip of originality. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: A mediocrity wrapped inside a banality, toasted in a nice, fresh cliche. Read more