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48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 53 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: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. kitty
    10
    I loved this movie, I have always enjoyed studying ancient Egypt (along with anything else ancient) ao this was my cup of tea.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Magician
    10
    Nice.
    • 0 of 0 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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