Just a lot of stupid fun.

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2000)

When I watch a movie to relax (and I mean relax!), I am not looking for something that will "tax the brain cells." This movie certainly cannot be compared to Kenneth Branaugh's Henry V or Stanley Kubrick's 2001, a Space Odyssey, nor should it be. This movie is for fun, plain and simple. The acting is adequate, the special effects are good but not overpowering, and the movie, though long, never seemed to drag on and on as others do ("The Titanic" comes to mind).
I know that there were comparisons (at least in some of the movie reviews that I read) to the new Star Wars movie. I must honestly admit that I enjoyed this movie much more than Star Wars (and I'm a big fan of the first 3 Star Wars movies). Maybe because unlike Star Wars, the viewer actually got to know some of the characters in the Mummy, unlike Star Wars, where the viewer had to fight through the special effects just to find out if there were real characters or not.
If you want intellectual stimulus, this movie is NOT IT. But if you're looking for good, clean fun, you might just enjoy it.