The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Dragon Emperor succeeds largely through sheer excess: It's doubtful that any idea was thrown out for being too implausible.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Though the new film has some good things, it does not have enough of them to make the third time the charm.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Despite exotic locations, epic cinematography, and much spectacular crash and bang, this "Mummy" feels like a threadbare toss-off.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Feels perfunctory and obligatory and, despite the return of several familiar characters, is more like an afterthought than an organic third piece of a trilogy puzzle.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites

Too much of the proceedings are silly rather than horrifying, with the nadir being the appearance of some particularly athletic Yetis who briefly pitch in to lend a hand.Read the full review

Washington Post | Jane HorwitzAdd Critic to Favorites

Tiresome and messy.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

The kindest thing to be said for this frantic, cluttered mess of cheesy computer-generated action-adventure clichés is that at least you can see how the estimated $175 million budget was spent.Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

Remarkably, the plot has much in common with "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," yet that bundle of fun has enough vision to make even its Barry Manilow interlude seem appropriate.Read the full review

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