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The Mummy Returns Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    48

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 40

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    This frenzied sequel has all of the clank but none of the swank of the previous version.

  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    The noisome action sequences of The Mummy Returns are preferable to the quiet times, when the cast is limited to spouting dialogue that is a banal combination of exposition and homily.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The mistake of The Mummy Returns is to abandon the characters, and to use the plot only as a clothesline for special effects and action sequences.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The actors themselves are more rip roaring and full of spunk than in their first outing.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

    Action junkies may enjoy this non-stop barrage, which barely pauses for anything but the most rudimentary (albeit complicated) plot exposition.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Both pleasantly old-fashioned and packed with up-to-date computer-generated special effects, the film's constant plot turns, cheeky sensibility and omnipresent action sequences have no trouble attracting our attention and holding on.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    Virtually bursts with visual goodies, and writer-director Stephen Sommers scarcely allows the actors, or the audience, a moment to take a breath during the nonstop action of the final hour.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

    There's much mumbo-jumbo about past lives and symbolic tattoos, but who cares when you can gaze at a sight as lovely as a dirigible floating in the night sky?

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 12+

Very violent, mostly in comic-book terms.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this movie is very violent, but mostly in comic-book terms. Most of the damage is done to mummies and other non-humans. There are some scary surprises and ghoulish images. There are also very mild sexual references and some revealing costumes.

  • Families can talk about how views on archeological digs have changed since the era in which this movie is set, and about current controversies over the ownership of antiquities. Families can also visit local museums to see some of their Egyptian treasures.

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Not an issue

What to watch for
  • violence false3

    Violence: Lots of fighting, scary surprises, some yuckiness.

  • sex false2

    Sex: Some revealing costumes, mild reference to adultery.

  • language false1

    Language: Mild.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Social drinking.

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