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Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanCheerful, slightly cheesy entertainment that uses the latest special-effects techniques to breathe life into a venerable film tradition.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere 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.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA pretty good job of zipping things along and occasionally scaring us, and the digital effects are fun.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThere is much to look at--it's like spending two hours in Michael Jackson's Undead Neverland--but not a lot at stake.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonPacks so much hell-for-leather action, gorgeous Moroccan scenery and eye-popping Industrial Light and Magic visual effects into its two hours that, after a while, I began to get tired of it.
- 60L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyA near miss overall, but enjoyable in its littler particulars.
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaA soulless spectacle.
- Even with so much in its favor, The Mummy seems to fall all too easily. If only generating a soul for the film itself were so easy.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonStumbles and screeches on for an interminable two hours.
- 20Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonSlouches in as a weightless, instantly forgettable picture.