Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- playful
- campy
- family movie night
- lazy weekend
What critics said
Critics generally regard it as an entertaining but cheesy made-for-television adventure whose playful pulp energy outweighs its silliness.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Flynn Carsen is a professional student with twenty-two degrees who is recruited into an artifact-retrieval adventure.
The pursuit of the stolen Spear of Destiny revolves around riddles, booby traps, and recovered treasure.
The film presents its action-comedy quest as cheerful cable-TV pulp with intentionally outsized fantasy elements.
Flynn is unexpectedly hired by a mysterious library operating from the New York Public Library.
Films like The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, and why
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
shares a treasure hunt structure, globe-trotting adventure, booby traps, witty pulp tone, and comic fantasy action
National Treasure
combines a nerdy protagonist, historical artifacts, lighthearted action comedy, and accessible fantasy adventure
The Mummy
features a comic quest for a powerful artifact, broad humor, magical mythology, and family-friendly adventure spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Peter Winther
- Release Date
- 2004-07-12
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (729)
Cast
- Noah Wyle
- Sonya Walger
- Jane Curtin
- Bob Newhart
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Lisa Brenner
- David Dayan Fisher
- Kelly Hu
- Olympia Dukakis
- Mario Iván Martínez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, YouTube TV, ViX Premium Amazon Channel, Wonder Project Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Librarian: Quest for the Spear about?
- A bookish lifelong student becomes an unlikely globe-trotting adventurer when a secret library sends him after a stolen legendary spear.
- What is The Librarian: Quest for the Spear like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Librarian: Quest for the Spear as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Librarian: Quest for the Spear violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Librarian: Quest for the Spear as mild.
- What did critics think of The Librarian: Quest for the Spear?
- Critics generally regard it as an entertaining but cheesy made-for-television adventure whose playful pulp energy outweighs its silliness.
- Which films are like The Librarian: Quest for the Spear?
- Films with a similar feel include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, National Treasure, and The Mummy.
- How long is The Librarian: Quest for the Spear?
- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Librarian: Quest for the Spear?
- In United States, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear streams on fuboTV, YouTube TV, ViX Premium Amazon Channel, Wonder Project Amazon Channel.
