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48 out of 100

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User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

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  • Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
  • Summary: A full-scale re-imagining of Universal Pictures' seminal 1932 film, The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. (Universal Pictures)
  • Director: Stephen Sommers
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Runtime: 125 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 34
  3. Negative: 7 out of 34
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    100
    Digs up both laughs and chills from timeworn material.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Noisy, spectacular and disposable.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    30
    What we've really got here is a tame screwball adventure dressed up with some desert scenery and some awful computer graphics.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. liptap
    10
    This movie is AMAZING!!!! It is very fast paced with a lot of action, comedy & pretty decent special effects too! It is very entertaining & extremely enjoyable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. grandpajoe6191
    7
    "The Mummy" is a movie trying hard to be like the Indiana Jones franchise but turns out to be better than the average summer blockbuster.
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. DavidD
    4
    Oh my god, what a bad "indiana Jones wanna be". Actually some of it was ok but i hated the "good guys". I have never wanted the "bad" guys to win more then this movie. With all that power, why didnt the mummy just kick some serious butt at the end? who knows.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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