Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 101 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 101
  3. Negative: 31 out of 101

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  1. Ron
    Oct 5, 2001
    1
    Jo was hot but the movie sucked.
  2. RobertF.
    Aug 10, 2001
    2
    For Angelina addicts only.
  3. KianM.
    Jul 5, 2001
    1
    They spent too long painfully trying to produce some semblance of a storyline. That should be removed as it is the most cumbersome part of this movie.
  4. JohnO.
    Nov 18, 2003
    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.
  5. SeanB.
    Jul 17, 2001
    0
    Ahhhhh!!!!! One of the most disappointing movies that I've seen. I'm usually not so hard on any movies, but this is an exception in my book. The only time I was happy was when it was over.
  6. SeanB.
    Jul 17, 2001
    0
    Ahhhhh!!!!! One of the most disappointing movies that I've seen. I'm usually not so hard on any movies, but this is an exception in my book. The only time I was happy was when it was over.
  7. MattM.
    Jul 27, 2001
    3
    An outrageously silly film that relies on shoddy special effects to carry it along. Angelina Jolie is the only good thing about the film. The plot is mind-numbingly awful. Overall, it's just another bad summer popcorn fest.
  8. MovieLonely94
    Oct 24, 2010
    2
    a boring piece of crap
  9. grandpajoe6191
    Sep 24, 2011
    4
    I recommend playing the game rather than watching the movie. It's better.
  10. cameronmorewood
    Nov 12, 2012
    4
    Angelina Jolie running around in tight clothes and carrying a gun isn't enough entrainment for me, but, for some, it will be. I'm not saying that's a good quality for them; I'm just saying I think there's a method to the madness of this preposterous thing.
  11. Thegodfatherson
    May 19, 2013
    3
    What's a sure fire way to make money off of the raging hormones of teenage boys? Sell them video games with bodacious big breasted babes. The Tomb Raider games are a hit and its no mystery why. For all those same reasons, it's just as likely that a movie based on the game will rake in the cash as well. Fortunately for the franchise, the film doesn't actually need to be any good to make tons of the gorgeous green. The real problem is that Tomb Raider doesn't even TRY to become more than its video game ancestor. Had there been some sort of attempt to break the bonds of videogamedome and elevate the film to the level of cinematic spectacle, Tomb Raider might have turned into a summer movie to get excited about. However, rather than make that attempt, its director appears more interested in making a Tomb Raider homage.… Expand

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Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 31
  3. Negative: 13 out of 31
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    10
    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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  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    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.
  3. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    50
    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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