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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Action · Science Fiction · Adventure · 2008

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Movie details

Journey to the Center of the Earth

“Same Planet. Different World.”

2008 Action · Science Fiction · Adventure 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.8 / 10

139.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

59 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

57 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Journey to the Center of the Earth?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Eric Brevig

Written by

Mark Levin · Jennifer Flackett · Michael D. Weiss

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Trevor Anderson

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson

Sean Anderson

Anita Briem

Anita Briem

Hannah Ásgeirsson

Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Professor Alan Kitzens

Jean Michel Paré

Jean Michel Paré

Max Anderson

Jane Wheeler

Jane Wheeler

Elizabeth Anderson

Frank Fontaine

Frank Fontaine

Old Man

Court is in session

Put Journey to the Center of the Earth on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.