The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold

I went into 'The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold' with high hopes - I love a good treasure hunt, and the premise had potential. I had already lowered my expectations after seeing the ratings, but I still wasn't prepared for how poorly executed this movie was.

The plot is painfully basic and completely unbelievable. We're really meant to believe this legendary treasure stayed hidden for generations, only to be discovered by a trio of irritating teens with zero charm and even less believability? The story unfolds exactly as you'd expect, with every twist signposted miles in advance. I called the "major reveal" embarrassingly early - it was that obvious.

The acting didn't help either. It felt like watching one of those overly dramatic YouTube skits, full of awkward line delivery and forced expressions. Even the more experienced actors couldn't salvage the script.

Despite all that, I still give it 2 stars - mostly for the few moments where it felt like it might become the fun adventure I'd hoped for. Unfortunately, those moments were fleeting, and the overall experience left me wishing I'd just rewatched 'National Treasure' instead.

Also, I have no idea what movie the poster is advertising, but it certainly isn't the one I watched. Nothing about it matches. False advertising at its finest.

I felt the actors were not playing the characters smoothly. But rather forcing out an obvious output.

It was missing homogenius character filling by almost all actors.

The filming was actually nice and so was sound. To an extent VFX was ok.

Introduction of characters is something that is missed in this movie with some depth. I would have liked to see an intro like indiana jones or may be the Mummy movie. How ever it misses on some aspects like why is a character behaving like it is doing in a later part of life. There was no balance of reasoning. Also kids were overacting in some scenes which director could have reviwed and retook at the same spot.

I had to force through the movie for most part to understand the story plot. The dynamics were there but bad execution and transitions.

Adventure family film that all of us enjoyed. Have kids 6, 9, 14. Love how each character had a piece of the puzzle to solve the treasure hunt. It would be a fun model for classroom events. Thought the kids were terrific in the film. Haven't seen any of them before and will be looking for them from now on. Very likable and different characters. Again, loved how they each had different skills to solve the adventure. Great music on the soundtrack. Some pretty locations. Beautiful river, caves, cemeteries, felt like I went somewhere. Like many films story was simple but better done than most (we watch everything out there in the family genre). High recommend.

The premise of the movie is interesting but the execution is lacking. The character development wasn't there to explain any reason the characters act the way they do. The relationships between almost all characters are pretty odd. This was clearly a low budget film which I didn't expect a ton from, but I've seen better low budget films that at least elicited emotion. I gave it a fair chance with my 10 year old but we had to ignore A LOT of glaring plot holes. I feel it'd be best suited for a 7 year old other than the overuse of "damn" and "hell" in weird placements. I actually think this would have been better as a mini series with proper character development/backstory and more time spent on the puzzles throughout. If you have nothing else to fill an hour and 20 mins, it's a pretty tame family film.

I've watched a lot of films and this is one of the worst I've ever seen. Low budget is one thing but this travesty didn't even try. The film is hard to follow and the storyline just jumps all over the place. It was obviously meant to be a film for young children and yet it has curse words for no reason at all. That's trashy and lazy writing. Not every film needs curse words. I could have written something more sane with some crayons and a napkin. I don't understand the need for the random old narrator guy. The props team and CGI is downright lazy. I've seen better props in school plays. Save yourself some time and don't watch this movie.