Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Critic Reviews

As cumbersome as most films in this subgenre, Angelina Jolie makes it watchable.Read the full review

So monumentally silly, yet so wondrous to look at, that only a churl could find fault.Read the full review

This is just cut-rate, generic daughter of Indy Jones hokum.Read the full review

Almost completely lacking in genuine thrills. Even the attractive presence of star Angelina Jolie can't keep this leaden, plodding, completely underwhelming film from playing like "Lara Croft: Yawn Inducer."Read the full review

Slick-dick director Simon West, of "Con Air" and "The General's Daughter" infamy, continues to show no flair at all for blending action and character. Jolie and Lara deserved better. So did we.Read the full review

These are good moments, and there are a few others, that prevent Tomb Raider from being one of the worst films of the year. But they're not enough to make it worth seeing.Read the full review

She's (Jolie) the most amazing special effect in movies. The best thing in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a bungee-jumping ballet that Lara performs late at night in her mansion, soaring high and low in Japanese silk pajamas and with her hair pulled tightly back.Read the full review

Sitting through the lavish and dumb action spectacular Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is about as much fun as watching someone else play a video game.Read the full review

If only the story that surrounds this watchable heroine were as well-stacked.Read the full review