 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 " never gives us a chance to breathe " and chiding the " ' gross @-@ out ' gags . " 
