The Mummy
Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 7, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
16
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Digs up both laughs and chills from timeworn material. Read full review
88
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Cheerful, slightly cheesy entertainment that uses the latest special-effects techniques to breathe life into a venerable film tradition. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Even if The Mummy is imitation Spielberg, it offers more bang for the buck than we're used to getting. Read full review
80
IGNScott Collura
Stephen Sommers' throwback to adventure films and screwball comedies has managed to become a modern classic, and a paean to a type of movie that rarely gets made these days. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
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. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A pretty good job of zipping things along and occasionally scaring us, and the digital effects are fun. Read full review
70
NewsweekDevin Gordon
This remake is like a live-action cartoon: all brio and no brains. Read full review
70
Mr. ShowbizJustine Elias
A well-crafted, great looking adventure, with some spirited performances. Read full review
70
Film.comGemma Files
Here in the rotting depths of pulp horror/adventure territory, that's the entire point of the exercise.
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
There is much to look at--it's like spending two hours in Michael Jackson's Undead Neverland--but not a lot at stake. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Packs 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. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
In the end, it's the self-mocking aura that save this film from being a waste of two hours. Read full review
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