It has become one of my top ten. I quote, so this could be a spoiler.

Rating: 8/10 (5 August 2000)

This movie has become one of my favorites. I used to stay up late to watch the old mummy movies when I was a kid. Ever since then I've been intrigued by the whole ancient egyptian thing. Now, this movie does get down right ridiculous towards the end, but if I wanted reality I would sit on my front porch and watch my neighbors mow their lawn (for free.) As ridiculous as it gets, the acting is really good. The humor is contemporary, and so out of place; but I'm willing to make that leap for the sake of a good laugh.
Here's were I start to spoil it a bit. I really got to say that I thought the acting was really authentic. I have never seen anyone stutter as convincingly as Rick when he was giving Evie the tools he stole - and the look on his face...he really looked nervous. In fact the facial expressions were really bang on for nearly everyone. The evil smile of Vasloo was perfect. When he did the plane swallowing sand/body wave thing...that was wierd, but cool. He was totally into it. Like an evil dude would be. In all fairness, The mumbled stutters Evie forced out when the claw guy asked her for the map sounded very real. They could rival Rick's tool gift stutters. Speaking of real, how do you make it look like someone is running into a wall full speed, head first? I don't know, but they do.
This movie had a nice amount of humor sprinkled throughout. Some of the best lines you should hear are..."sounds like.....bugs." The facial really did it for me on that one. I was surprised how funny Fraser could be. The air kiss was a hoot. "That happens alot around here" -was well placed. Other great lines are..."what's that God awful stench?-Oh", also "You don't have any children"-"I might some day", and "Wait here I'll go get help." This is the kind of humor that, I (being intelligent yet silly) can laugh at over and over. They picked the right people for the roles in this movie. Benny was a total weasel. I hope I don't offend him, but this guy yelled weasel from his sandals to his hat. His voice, his lines, his stance, his smile- he was the perfect weasel. Jonathan (the brother) was great. There wasn't a moment I didn't believe this guy. Speaking of guys how many good looking men can you fit in one movie? I counted at least four. The magi leader was a babe. (Also, I appreciated that they spoke Egyptian were appropriate.) Now if you're talking babe material- truthfully I first saw the movie because it had mummy in the title and I knew Fraser (God's gift to us women) was in it. But- the last four times I saw it were mostly for Vasloo. Where did this guy come from and does he have any brothers? Yow-za! You gotta envy Evie when she has Rick(a modern John Wayne with a splash of Tom Hanks) and Imohtep (a gorgeous face on top of an 'ouch' body) fighting over her.
I heard about the sequal and I'm definitely gonna see it, but one thing...according to the films at the Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), they don't remove your heart during mummification.