The Mummy
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Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were split between dismissing The Mummy as a derivative, overstuffed adventure and surrendering to its sheer entertainment value anyway — a film many reviewers found hard to defend intellectually but harder to resist in practice. The CGI effects drew particular debate, with some finding them spectacular and seamlessly integrated, while others felt they would date badly and couldn't compensate for a thin screenplay. Ethnic stereotyping in the casting also drew consistent criticism across multiple outlets.
“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.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the efforts of the cast sold material that would otherwise have been cheesy”
Almar Haflidason·BBC
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Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Stephen SommersDirector
Brendan FraserRick O'Connell
Rachel WeiszEvelyn Carnahan
John HannahJonathan Carnahan
Arnold VoslooImhotep
Patricia VelásquezAnck-Su-Namun
Oded FehrArdeth Bay
Kevin J. O'ConnorBeni Gabor
Jonathan HydeAllen Chamberlain
Erick AvariTerence Bey
Stephen DunhamIsaac Henderson
Corey JohnsonDavid Daniels
Jerry GoldsmithComposer
Adrian BiddleCinematographyThe Mummy
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were split between dismissing The Mummy as a derivative, overstuffed adventure and surrendering to its sheer entertainment value anyway — a film many reviewers found hard to defend intellectually but harder to resist in practice. The CGI effects drew particular debate, with some finding them spectacular and seamlessly integrated, while others felt they would date badly and couldn't compensate for a thin screenplay. Ethnic stereotyping in the casting also drew consistent criticism across multiple outlets.
“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.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the efforts of the cast sold material that would otherwise have been cheesy”
Almar Haflidason·BBC
Accolades
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Stephen SommersDirectorBrendan FraserRick O'ConnellRachel WeiszEvelyn CarnahanJohn HannahJonathan CarnahanArnold VoslooImhotepPatricia VelásquezAnck-Su-NamunOded FehrArdeth BayKevin J. O'ConnorBeni GaborJonathan HydeAllen ChamberlainErick AvariTerence BeyStephen DunhamIsaac HendersonCorey JohnsonDavid DanielsJerry GoldsmithComposerAdrian BiddleCinematographyStream
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