re: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | 49% on Rotten Tomatoes with 35 reviews in

Saw this last week.

-There is no wokeness. None at all.

-I actually really like Phoebe Waller-Bridge from her work in Fleabag. And she does a good job in this film. But, the script does her no favors. She is set up to be hated a little too much. And she seemingly completely changes character half way through the film for no real reason. It’s a shame because a little bit better writing job could easily have had the audience on her side.

-About 3/4ths of the film is pretty good. But the ending really goes off the rails. That’s hard to overcome unfortunately.

-Overall, this film is decent. Not great but also not the train wreck everyone expected. For a summer time waster/popcorn flick, you could do much worse.

-Dial of Destiny ranks 4th of the 5 Indy films. It would be nearly impossible to touch the first 3 films at this point. But, Dial is also significantly better than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If you’re interested in this film, go see it. You won’t be disappointed.