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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Paramount Pictures

Lara Croft:  Tomb Raider reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 33 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence and some sensuality

Starring Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Leslie Phillips, Mark Collie, Iain Glen, and Jon Voight

The fate of mankind rests in the hands of one Lara Croft (Jolie), a twenty-first century heroine inspired by the most popular interactive video character in history. (Paramount Pictures)


GENRE(S): Mystery  
WRITTEN BY: Patrick Massett
John Zinman
Simon West
Michael Colleary, Laeta Kalogridis and Mike Werb
 
DIRECTED BY: Simon West  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: November 13, 2001 
Video: November 13, 2001 
Theatrical: June 15, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: UK / USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
So monumentally silly, yet so wondrous to look at, that only a churl could find fault.
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70
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Rather than the mad, kinetic video-game vigor you'd expect, the movie proceeds at a more leisurely and methodical gait. I rather liked that.
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70
Slate David Edelstein
She's (Jolie) the most amazing special effect in movies. The best thing in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a bungee-jumping ballet that Lara performs late at night in her mansion, soaring high and low in Japanese silk pajamas and with her hair pulled tightly back.
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63
Boston Globe Jay Carr
As cumbersome as most films in this subgenre, Angelina Jolie makes it watchable.
60
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unafraid to look absurd but lacks the self-conviction needed to come off as camp.
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50
LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Ultimately, Jolie's efforts to establish a character are dashed against the film's increasingly inane dialogue.
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50
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This is just cut-rate, generic daughter of Indy Jones hokum.
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50
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
I realize fantasy-based action movies aren't supposed to be as complex as William Gibson's novels. But do they have to be this simple-minded?
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50
Newsweek Jeff Giles
Couldn’t have arrived at a better time: movies have been so bad lately that audiences are positively starving for something mediocre.
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50
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
A by-the-numbers extravanganza that journeys from London to Venice to Siberia to Cambodia without ever really going anywhere.
50
Miami Herald Cary Darling
The relevant question is: does it rock? And the answer, unfortunately, is no.
50
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
There's no clear plot, no memorable villains, no real logic. But there sure is action.
50
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Has all the appeal of a video game without the joystick. All you can do is watch. It's noisy and moves fast, but if you can't play, why pay?
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's all about action and ogling -- Jolie's boobs, butt and thighs get so much screen time they deserve their own credits.
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50
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
If only the story that surrounds this watchable heroine were as well-stacked.
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42
Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
The opportunity to give Jolie the room to swagger like the "Charlie's Angels" or "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ladies is utterly squandered, and a video game franchise that might've resulted in a hoot of a film -- has been blown to dust.
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40
Film.com Gemma Files
She's not a real person, in any way, shape or form -- which makes watching Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, the first in a projected series of live-action films based around her exploits, a visually spectacular yet oddly cheerless experience.
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40
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Game boys and girls will be disappointed by this fast-paced but shockingly dull adaptation.
30
Variety Todd McCarthy
Has the distinction of being a major motion picture that's far less imaginative, and quite a bit more stupid, than the interactive game it's based on.
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30
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Slick-dick director Simon West, of "Con Air" and "The General's Daughter" infamy, continues to show no flair at all for blending action and character. Jolie and Lara deserved better. So did we.
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30
Salon.com Charles Taylor
Such an inept bundle of work -- crying out for the filmmaking equivalent of Ritalin, but still sluggish as syrup -- that it doesn't even provide an opportunity to ogle properly.
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30
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Sitting through the lavish and dumb action spectacular Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is about as much fun as watching someone else play a video game.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
These are good moments, and there are a few others, that prevent Tomb Raider from being one of the worst films of the year. But they're not enough to make it worth seeing.
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25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Since the expensive new movie version of the popular video game, Tomb Raider, is very true to its origins, it's a colossal bore.
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25
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A staggeringly bad picture: a shallow, cliche-ridden mess that keeps blowing up on screen.
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25
New York Post Lou Lumenick
The effects are cheesy, the photography is murky, the sets look like leftovers from a Las Vegas stage spectacular -- and the flick appears to have been edited with a roulette wheel.
20
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Remarkably joyless, even though Ms. Jolie is a formidable presence with the potential for becoming a witty one.
20
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Almost completely lacking in genuine thrills. Even the attractive presence of star Angelina Jolie can't keep this leaden, plodding, completely underwhelming film from playing like "Lara Croft: Yawn Inducer."
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20
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
So pandering and pebble-brained you'd guess it had been test-screened on barnyard animals.
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10
Washington Post Stephen Hunter
It is the perfect modern product: loud, banal, empty, frenzied, plasticized, flavorless, drab, violent in a bloodless way and sexy in a sexless way.
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0
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
The game is great fun -- the movie ought to be taken out back and shot.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 62 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jared C. gave it a10:
A fun-thrilled short flick, the ending is stylishly fantasized. The drama is engaging and explains enough character build-up to have an actual action-packed movie with cool stunts. And thats it, finally a movie worth it, only on rental though, its not a theatre movie.

Hadyn W. gave it a5:
Better than i expected, but seeing as i expected to be absolute rubbish that isn't saying much...so so i suppose if you like a bit of cambodia and running around shooting people.

JJ Reyes gave it a10:
This is a very intersting movie. It is aprearant that much work was put into it and the results are phenomenal. Angelina Jolie fits the part for Lara Croft quite nicely. It is as if she was born to play the roll of Lara.

Sam gave it a7:
It's a fun movie, actually a little better than the 2nd in my opinion, but i'll stick with the games, which are excellent.

John O. gave it a 2:
The director of this movie seems to think that a movie only needs dungeons and action. Because that's the only things this movie has to offer. It's full of cliches, the plot is unoriginal, and you need to poke yourself in the eye every five minutes to not fall asleep. This game is for Lara Croft addicts only.

Kristin K. gave it a 10:
I totally loved this movie! I would rate it hight than 10 because it was funny, action pack, and by the way Daneil Craig is totally hot! Bryce was really funny, and I would give anything to do what Lara can. Hell I would give anything just to like the way she does! Tomb Raider is by far one of my all time favorite movies!!

Alicia S. gave it a 10:
Angelina Jolie was, as always, awesome! The special effects rocked! I rated this movie a ten, and for all of those who rated under a ten: You wouldn't know the first thing about making, performing in, or even rating a movie!

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