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Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

  • 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 34
  2. Negative: 7 out of 34
  1. Digs up both laughs and chills from timeworn material.
  2. 75
    There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased.
  3. 60
    Noisy, spectacular and disposable.
  4. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 30
  2. Negative: 2 out of 30
  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.
  2. Easily one of the most likeable/enjoyable movies you will ever see. It's really hard to say anything bad about it. Good action, Solid acting, Fraser and Weisz work wonders together. Just a really good movie. Expand
  3. "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.
  4. 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

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