18 of the Most Brutally Hilarious Letterboxd Reviews of ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’

According to these reviewers, ‘Crystal Skull’ is no longer the worst entry in the franchise
18 of the Most Brutally Hilarious Letterboxd Reviews of ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’

Over the weekend, Indiana Jones swung back into theaters for one last Nazi-punching, treasure-hunting, globetrotting adventure. And while this was said before in 1989 and again in 2008, hopefully this really is Indy’s last run. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny marks the fifth film in the series that first took the industry by storm more than four decades ago. The initial entry spawned a franchise, and with it, a legendary role that Harrison Ford famously loves more than some of his other work

While the first four installments were helmed by Steven Spielberg, the three-time Oscar-winning director took a step back this time around and left the latest legacy sequel in the hands of James Mangold. Ford reprised his beloved Indy, and was joined by one of Amazon’s highest paid employees and a Dane who has never seen a madman that he doesn’t want to play, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen respectively. 

When the film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, it received an industry-standard five-minute standing ovation, and moved Ford to tears. But after its official theatrical release, Letterboxd users have largely been unimpressed. Below is a taste of some of their most hilarious burns about it…

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