The Mummy . Tucson Weekly . 05-24-99

The Mummy

DIRECTED BY: Stephen Sommers

REVIEWED: 05-24-99

When the female lead spouts dialogue like "we've lost everything...our tools, our horses, and all of my clothes!" you know you're watching a classy film. The Mummy is the story of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian priest who gives his life for love. Three thousand years later, he's accidentally resurrected by capitalist/colonialist grave robbers Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. In spite of the fact that Imhotep is the only character in the film who stands for anything besides plundering the treasures of other cultures, he's supposed to be the villain. Me, I just wanted him to kill Weisz, Fraser and their entire posse of white-ass imperialist war criminals. Bonus: this movie contains the most stupid and offensive stereotypes of Arabs that I've seen in a Hollywood film in the last 25 years, which can be considered quite an accomplishment given Tinsel Town's insensitivity on this subject. I'd rather you threw your $7.50 in the sewer than spent it on this racist and predictable pabulum.

--James DiGiovanna

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