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The Mummy (1999)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 37

Flat jokes and overblown effects rubbed critics raw.

44

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 10

Flat jokes and overblown effects rubbed critics raw.

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75

liked it
Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 867,087

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Movie Info

Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring Boris Karloff, The Mummy is set in Egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) was given the all-important assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. However, Imhotep made one terrible mistake - he became smitten with Anck-Su-Namun, the mistress of the Pharaoh himself. Driven mad by jealousy and love, Imhotep murdered the Pharaoh, and his punishment was to be

Sep 28, 1999

Universal Pictures

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All Critics (109) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (37) | DVD (39)

The Mummy fails to reconcile image and tone!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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A hyperactive hodgepodge of monumental proportions!

January 1, 2000 Comment
Chicago Tribune
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Tries to have it both ways, sending up the adventure genre for laughs while also going for some mild shocks, but the sand slips through its fingers on both counts.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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A failure in more ways than a mortal would have time to explain!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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It revels in its own retro-ness, and it's a hell of a lot of fun.

August 25, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment (1)
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An unpretentious pulp adventure...

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

Director Stephen Sommers has a kind of soulless, leaden touch, with none of the sleek, sprightly fun this kind of movie requires.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

it's easy to fall back on self-conscious humor. But if, as the author, you have to keep interrupting your story to remind the audience how dumb the material is, what's the point of telling the tale in the first place?

July 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comments (2)
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Audience Reviews for The Mummy

An archaeological dig accidentally unleashes a curse onto the world in the form of an undead Egyptian priest intent on resurrecting his lover. Another film typical of the Stephen Sommers formula, The Mummy pillages popular folk lore and introduces a blend of non-stop action and tongue in cheek humour into the mix to

November 25, 2006
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Brendan Fraser makes this movie get 2 1/2 stars or less. Fortunately, it was kinda entertaining.

September 7, 2011
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

    1. Curator: [stutters in disbelief] Oh, look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs, flies, locusts, anything but YOU! Compared to you the other plagues were a joy!
    2. Evelyn: I am so very sorry. It was an accident.
    3. Curator: My darling girl, when Ramses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. You are a catastrophe!
    – Submitted by Francis L (10 days ago)
    1. Rick O'Connell: You're gonna get yours, Beni. You hear me? You're gonna get yours.
    2. Beni: Oh, like I've never heard *that* before.
    – Submitted by Francis L (10 days ago)
    1. Rick O'Connell: You came back from the desert with a new friend. Didn't you, Beni?
    – Submitted by Francis L (10 days ago)
    1. Rick O'Connell: [looking at Imhotep's corpse] Is he supposed to look like that?
    2. Evelyn: No I've never seen a mummy look like this before...he's still...still
    3. Rick O'Connell: Juicy. [synchronized]
    4. Jonathan: Juicy. [synchronized]
    – Submitted by Nick S (26 days ago)
    1. Evelyn: Patience is a virtue.
    2. Rick O'Connell: Not right now it isn't!
    – Submitted by Arthur R (2 months ago)

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