Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

fmbr-1 Some of what the harsh reviewers say is true about his film. It is cheap, the FX are pretty bad and the script is not memorable. I don't think the acting is as terrible as some say, I think it was just done as a fun and friendly project so these fine actors weren't so much 'phoning it in' as 'relaxing and enjoying themselves'. The plot isn't original - nerdy, perpetual student is forced to confront the big, bad world and gets a job in the magical library (pretty much a Warehouse 13 rip off - depending on which came first). The library is robbed and he must try to find the other two pieces of the artefact before the villain does. He teams up with a great looking woman who at first despises him but then comes to love him. A great film this isn't, but I found it fun and charming - if cheap. Sort of the movie equivalent sweet wine that you get out of a cardboard box - it's not great but you don't mind drinking it either.

rogdie Flynn Carsen is a perennial student, but for his first job application, he will get the job of his lifetime : The Librarian. He will be the chief librarian of the biggest library in the world housing the most legendary artefacts known to mankind from the Excalibur sword, the Pandora box or the Holy Grail. But he shall also be the one roaming the world for lost or stolen artifacts transforming him into a real Indiana Jones type. With this TV movie, a series of TV movies and later on a TV series were created but the first movie introduces as to all the excitement of the librarian's job description. Don't mind the flaws in the technical effects, just enjoy the adventures of Noah Wyle as the Librarian on his quest for the Spear of Destiny. 8.3/10 " - rogdieFor more review please consult my IMDb watchlist : Roger's watchlist - over 1060 movies reviewed

peterbreis If saying this is just a cheap assemblage of lazy clichés, then maybe I need to flag the spoiler alert!Nobody seems to have put in any effort into the acting, script, direction, 3D CGI, costumes or plot.This is simply a premise."They made a movie/s about a Museum, lets make one about a Library! Nope that's all we've got, so just collect together every single cliché you can think off and we'll go through them in rough order. Tick them done as we trudge through them."No pace. no development, no nothing'.I'd give it 2 but Sonya Walger's breasts get a bonus 1, it would be two if we ever got to see them.

unbrokenmetal If you want to compare this movie to something, „Romancing the Stone" would be the obvious choice. Just like Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Noah Wyle and Sonya Walger have to go across the jungle together, only that the roles are reversed: she is the tough guy, while he is the intellectual. The characters are portrayed with love for detail. Even if Kyle MacLachlan is overacting a bit in the „world domination now!" moments, he looks cool with gray hair and is a good choice for a villain. This spoof tends to lean towards cartoons, and therefore I won't worry about some special effects looking cheap, maximum realism isn't the point here. „Quest For the Spear" creates moments of pure cliché so deliberately – for example Sonya's 'catfight' against Kelly Hu – that it can certainly not be accused of stupidity. In fact, it is clever, funny and packed with action so much that the exploration of Shangri-La is finished in 5 minutes and the brief opening of Pandora's box just happens casually. These qualities have not been equally achieved by its sequels. I voted 8/5/7 for the Librarian trilogy.