Luc Besson's film about a woman who travels to Egypt to dig up a Mummy (a doctor) with the idea to bring it back to Paris for resurrection so it can cure her sister (who is currently in a vegetative state following a tragic tennis accident), is kooky in the way that only a French film can be; but perhaps not enough to be that memorable. I never felt invested in the titular character Adèle or what happened to her sister, and when Adèle went flying through Paris on a Pterodactyl that had been brought to life, the film went from kooky to a bit silly. There was some obligatory love interest and some "humour" involving a group of inept policemen, but none of the peripheral characters were engaging either. There is the kernel of an interesting story, I just think it should have been developed a bit more, along with the characters. In which case The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec could have been a more memorable film, as it is, I'm struggling to think of anything else to say as I can't remember much about it! But, well, you know, that’s just, like, er, my opinion, man.
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