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08/05/03
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
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
Top CriticAn action film with cold, colorless characters.
08/04/03
Lara Croft is a stern, all-knowing, effortlessly competent über-babe — but you wouldn't want to know her.
08/03/03
The Cradle of Life ain't Shakespeare and it doesn't reinvent the action-adventure in any profound way. On the other hand, it's a sleek, well-produced popcorn picture.
08/02/03
Delivers everything and more that fans of the first installment expect.
08/02/03
Stupid is good for comedies and some action movies. But this isn't one of them.
08/01/03
The high point of the production is [Angelina] Jolie, who struts through the film with a sly smile and sexy self-confidence. She seems to be having a great time because she probably was
08/01/03
This film's biggest problem is that it's just plain boring.
08/01/03
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07/31/03
Scenery can't save this blindingly dull sequel.
07/31/03
Game sequels generally rely on better graphics and better interactive play. This movie sequel has more imagination and situations that draw you in more. Again, that seems appropriate.
07/31/03
At least in the first film, Angelina Jolie had conviction in her ability to break someone’s face and look good doing it. Here, it looks like she can’t wait to get to the next Billy Bob tattoo removal appointment.
07/31/03
Saying that The Cradle of Life is better than the original is on par with saying that sudden painless death is preferable to expiring by a long and painful disease.
07/31/03
The direction is so workmanlike, so dispassionately competent, that it seems De Bont may be as resigned to his career’s downward plummet as those of us who admired his debut film, the thrilling Speed, are puzzled by it.
07/30/03
Angelina Jolie returns as a globetrotting archaeologist ... in a sequel that redefines boredom.
07/30/03
Joyless princess.
07/30/03
Only reinforces what [Lara Croft's] first movie showed us -- that she's not readily approachable to other characters nor to the audience.
07/29/03
There's enough action here to keep the viewer awake. But just barely.
07/29/03
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07/29/03
Top CriticJolie 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
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