<P> Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four - star rating, calling it "the most cheerfully exciting, bizarre, goofy, romantic adventure movie since Raiders, and it is high praise to say that it's not so much a sequel as an equal . It's quite an experience ." Vincent Canby felt the film was "too shapeless to be the fun that Raiders is, but shape may be beside the point . Old - time, 15 - part movie serials didn't have shape . They just went on and on and on, which is what Temple of Doom does with humor and technical invention ." Neal Gabler commented that "I think in some ways, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was better than Raiders of the Lost Ark . In some ways it was less . In sum total, I'd have to say I enjoyed it more . That doesn't mean it's better necessarily, but I got more enjoyment out of it ." Colin Covert of the Star Tribune called the film "sillier, darkly violent and a bit dumbed down, but still great fun ." Pauline Kael, writing in The New Yorker, claimed it was "one of the most sheerly pleasurable physical comedies ever made ." Halliwell's Film Guide described the film as a "slow - starting adventure romp with much ingenuity and too much brutality and horror ." </P> <P> Dave Kehr gave a largely negative review; "The film betrays no human impulse higher than that of a ten - year - old boy trying to gross out his baby sister by dangling a dead worm in her face ." Ralph Novak of People complained "The ads that say' this film may be too intense for younger children' are fraudulent . No parent should allow a young child to see this traumatizing movie; it would be a cinematic form of child abuse . Even Harrison Ford is required to slap Quan and abuse Capshaw . There are no heroes connected with the film, only two villains; their names are Steven Spielberg and George Lucas ." The Observer described it as "a thin, arch, graceless affair ." The Guardian summarized it as "a two - hour series of none too carefully linked chase sequences...sitting on the edge of your seat gives you a sore bum but also a numb brain ." Leonard Maltin gave the movie only 2 out of 4 stars, saying that the film is "headache inducing" and "never gives us a chance to breathe", and chiding the "' gross - out' gags ." </P> <P> Kate Capshaw called her character "not much more than a dumb screaming blonde ." Steven Spielberg said in 1989, "I wasn't happy with Temple of Doom at all . It was too dark, too subterranean, and much too horrific . I thought it out - poltered Poltergeist . There's not an ounce of my own personal feeling in Temple of Doom ." He later added during the Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom documentary, "Temple of Doom is my least favorite of the trilogy . I look back and I say,' Well the greatest thing that I got out of that was I met Kate Capshaw . We married years later and that to me was the reason I was fated to make Temple of Doom ." </P> <P> In 2014, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films . Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was listed at 71st place on this list . </P>

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