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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 151

Fresh: 35

Rotten:116

Average Rating: 4.5/10

Consensus: Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release: Jul 25, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $65,628,448

Synopsis: Popular video game character Lara Croft returns to the big screen in this sequel to LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER. Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in... [More]

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou

Director: Jan de Bont

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Oct 4, 2005

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10/18/08

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12/27/07

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02/09/06

Geoff Andrew

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12/06/05

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09/30/05

Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

Better than its predecessor--and, yes, that's every bit the backhanded compliment it sounds like.

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01/03/05

Michael Dequina

Mr. Brown's Movies

... true to the look and spirit of the game and ... more fun than watching someone else play 'Tomb Raider,' which was the bane of the first Lara Croft installment.

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09/20/04

Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The new Lara Croft has no reason to exist except that the first one made money.

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01/02/04

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

There remains the essential truth (and Tomb Raider 2's fiscal failure speaks to this) that even without analysis, there needs to be some meat on the bone.

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12/15/03

Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

The pace can best be described as similar to crawling through quicksand with two broken legs and a refrigerator strapped to your back.

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12/09/03

Matt Brunson

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11/10/03

Brian Orndorf

Modamag.com

It�s not perfect (it�s a sequel after all), but the latest Lara Croft film is smart, sexy and great summer fun.

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10/07/03

David Foucher

EDGE Boston

'Es una pel�cula regular que si se ve con el humor adecuado puede llegar a gustar, pues lo �nico que promete � y ofrece � es un rato de esparcimiento'

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10/02/03

Jorge Avila Andrade

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10/01/03

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09/27/03

Sydney Morning Herald

Sucked the life right out of me.

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09/23/03

Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

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. Proves again that Jolie makes a better magazine cover than actor and Lara Croft a better game than rousing archeological adventure. .

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09/22/03

Shannon J. Harvey

Sunday Times (Australia)

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09/22/03

Sunday Times (Australia)

Doubtless the game will be cherished for years to come, as a big screen franchise though, Tomb Raider looks dead and buried.

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09/22/03

Harry Guerin

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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