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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.

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

Flat jokes and overblown effects rubbed critics raw.

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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

PG-13, 2 hr. 5 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Stephen Sommers , Adrian Biddle

Written By: Stephen Sommers

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Sep 28, 1999

Universal Pictures

The Mummy Trailer & Photos

Cast

Brendan Fraser
Rick O'Connell
Rachel Weisz
Evelyn
John Hannah
Jonathan
Arnold Vosloo
Imhotep
Kevin J. O'Connor
Beni
Jonathan Hyde
Egyptologist
Oded Fehr
Ardeth Bay
Erick Avari
Curator
Stephen Dunham
Henderson
Corey Johnson
Daniels
Tuc Watkins
Burns
Omid Djalili
Warden
Aharon Ipal�
Pharaoh
Bernard Fox
Winston
Patricia Velasquez
Anck-Su-Namun
Carl Chase
Hook
Mohammed Afifi
Hangman

Critic Reviews for The Mummy

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

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Top Critic

A hyperactive hodgepodge of monumental proportions!

January 1, 2000 Comment

Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

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

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

A failure in more ways than a mortal would have time to explain!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

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

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

An unpretentious pulp adventure...

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

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

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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Audience Reviews for The Mummy

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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

xGary Xx

Super Reviewer

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

September 7, 2011

Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

The Mummy Quotes

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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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