The Mummy Returns 2001

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: There's more than a little unintentional humor in the picture. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: As the debut entry in the 2001 summer movie derby, The Mummy Returns rocks. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: May be the least original motion picture ever. Read more

John Zebrowski, Seattle Times: Big and dumb and loads of fun. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: I came to scream with pleasure, but all I could manage was a pitiful, 'Whoa!' Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The Mummy Returns is that rare sequel that tops its predecessor. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A loud, ever-rolling, simplistic wallop of a movie. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The Mummy Returns learns from the past to produce a film that is bigger, better and more tightly wound than the '99 original. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: A sequel that's better than the original. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: It's amazing that, for all the time and money that went into Mummy's computer-generated effects, the end result is kitschy, like an old Italian-import Hercules movie. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A souped up engine of action, noise, and moreness. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Fitfully entertaining. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: We suggest you forget coherence and just enjoy the ride. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: It's da 'balm!' Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Hollow, lightweight entertaininment -- not unpleasant, but far from the summer's definitive action/adventure flick. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: It's loud and chaotic, jammed with effects that don't wow us precisely because they are trying so hard to wow us. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: This is not to say the new movie is all bad. It has many of the same elements that made the first film charming -- except charm. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today: Overcomes the curse of sequelitis while raising the bar for a marvel-jammed summer at the movies. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The sequel does little more than repeat the need-a-bigger-boat jokes, triple the digital effects, and forget entirely about the old Universal B-movies. Read more

Curt Fields, Washington Post: It's like a big-screen version of the WWF's wrestling programs, only with more expensive production values, marginally better acting, more fighting and less blood. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Yes, many of the visual effects are stunning, but others are downright cheesy. Read more