Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 34
  3. Negative: 7 out of 34
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Competent in the extreme, the talented Jolie would make a great Jane Bond. But mired in this joyless orgy of preposterousness, her biggest challenge is simply keeping a straight face.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    30
    If ever there was a movie fit for permanent entombment, it's this sequel.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    30
    In a summer of surprisingly self-serious comic book movies" Lara Croft "stands out as being particularly humorless.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    25
    Another joyless, brain-numbing adventure through lackluster Indiana Jones territory.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    Cradle of lifelessness.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    25
    The worst action movie of the summer. I liked Bad Boys II a little less, but making the comparison is like distinguishing between a cow turd and a horse turd. And that pretty much sums it up nicely.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    0
    It wouldn't be fair to gripe about the hundreds of plot holes; the whole thing is hole.

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User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 117 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 84
  3. Negative: 12 out of 84
  1. grandpajoe6191
    3
    Man, why won't people know that game-adapted movies don't have the capacity to become equal as those from the pure brain? "The Cradle of Life" is a very appropriate example and solution for my statement. Its terrible, worse than the prequel. Avoid the movie and watch something alse.… Full Review »
  2. MovieLonely94
    2
    also, a boring piece of crap
  3. christians
    4
    A disappointment that has a terrible conclusion and a flimsy script. the first is better.
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