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08/27/03
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:35
Rotten:115
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $65,628,448
Synopsis: Popular video game character Lara Croft returns to the big screen in this sequel to LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER. Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou
Director: Jan de Bont
Reviews for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
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09/27/03
Top CriticMore sex, more exotic locations, but still no decent story.
07/24/03
The storytellers behind The Cradle of Life concentrate mostly on transportation: the best parts of the movie depict our heroes getting from place to place.
07/25/03
Starts strong, ends weak.
07/24/03
There's no pacing, no suspense and no vulnerability for the protagonist so it all soon gets numbingly tiresome.
07/24/03
The end result is a movie that tries -- and fails -- to be much more than it really is.
07/24/03
Jolie remains more magazine cover than actress (or movie star), and the franchise she supports is more Nintendo after-school time killer than rousing adventure cycle.
07/29/03
'Es una película regular que si se ve con el humor adecuado puede llegar a gustar, pues lo único que promete – y ofrece – es un rato de esparcimiento'
10/02/03
She may be playing yet another (so-called) empowered woman in yet another film made for teenage boys, but you get the impression that Jolie is far too intimidating and too womanly to fit into their pathetic little fantasies.
07/25/03
Jolie does her best, delivering her mediocre lines like they were the cleverest writing in the history of cinema, but goodwill for the star only carries a film so far.
09/06/03
As impressive as Angelina Jolie's many physical feats may be, it takes even more stamina and fortitude to stay awake during the movie's seemingly endless two-hour running length.
07/24/03
A confusing rehash of Batman, Indiana Jones and James Bond movies.
07/24/03
Director Jan De Bont barely inspires enough adrenaline-flick flash to hold anyone’s interest — and it doesn't help that he seems overly enamored of slow motion...
07/24/03
Wowsers can this chickbabe kick some ***!
07/25/03
Jolie may be defining herself in a franchise whose memory will be hard to erase later in her career, but she does it with the style of a legend.
07/25/03
More like a Cradle of Tedium, and despite the high-decibel sound and fury, you may wish you had brought a pillow.
07/25/03
Some romantic/sexual interplay is kept alive by hints and promises, always at arms length. We wouldn't want to gross out the prepubescent sub teenage audience, would we? These filmmakers know where boxoffice coin will be coming from.
07/24/03
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