Hauntingly Bad.
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
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Reviews Counted:133
Fresh:17
Rotten:116
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Neither scary nor funny, The Haunted Mansion is as lifeless as the ghosts in the movie.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for frightening images, thematic elements and language
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release:Nov 26, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $75,759,571
Synopsis: THE HAUNTED MANSION comes alive like never before with incredible visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled comedy adventure. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a... THE HAUNTED MANSION comes alive like never before with incredible visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled comedy adventure. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a stately antebellum palace that hosted New Orleans' wealthiest. Now it's the creepy and crumbling home to a love struck 19th century gentleman, 999 ghosts, and a hilarious and hair-raising battle for "home rule." Realtor Jim Evers (EDDIE MURPHY) and his wife and business partner Sara get a call late one night from mansion owner Edward Gracey, who is looking to sell his property. Smelling the biggest deal of their career, Jim, Sara and their two children pay a visit to the mansion, located on a remote bayou.A torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen. At first, Jim scoffs at Gracey's stories about ghosts and hauntings, until he unearths the mystery of the mansion and finds that his wife Sara has unexpected connections to its haunted past. THE HAUNTED MANSION is directed by Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King," "Stuart Little") and features stunning special effects and make-up design by six-time Academy Award® winner Rick Baker ("An American Werewolf in London," "Men in Black," "The Nutty Professor," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), visual effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc., and sets by Oscar®-winning production designer John Myhre ("Elizabeth," "X-Men," "Chicago"). -- © Disney Pictures [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Nathaniel Parker, Dina Walters
Director: Rob Minkoff
Director: Rob Minkoff
Screenwriter: David Berenbaum
Producer: Don Hahn, Andrew Gunn
Composer: Mark Mancina
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
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Reviews for The Haunted Mansion
When the three hitchhiking ghosts appear, you'll be more than ready to join them in getting the heck out of Dodge.
The Haunted Mansion was made in the spirit of giving everyone in the family something to enjoy together. It’s successful at that level.
As the story unfolds, it becomes ever more obvious that the Haunted Mansion ride was not concocted to provide enough material for a narratively coherent movie.
More Disneyland ride than movie, short on plot and long on dazzling visuals for the kiddies.
Director Rob Minkoff tries to strike a balance between funny and scary, but the movie never really generates screams of either kind.
Learn from the Evers family: The Haunted Mansion is not worth the detour.
At this point, you can't really be mad at Eddie for making kid movies seeing as his adult career done dried up long ago (did YOU see "I Spy," "Pluto Nash" or "Showtime?").
An efficient, reasonably enjoyable factory product that should scare a 9-year-old just enough and be gone from his or her memory by dinnertime.
Director Rob Minkoff, mindful of his PG rating and young target audience, never tries to scare us to the marrow.
The Haunted Mansion won't much entertain older family members, but it might be fun for kids and seems headed for a long run on home video.
While the addition of four harmonizing statues infuses some humor in the script, there's little that outshines effects in the actual Disneyland house.
While it may supply giggles and shivers to preteens, grownups should think twice before entering this all-too-haunted house.
The fact that this sort of preachy foray into the pseudo-scary is even remotely entertaining can only be attributed to blind, stumbling luck.
Following the plot of the ride, as well as littering the screen with beautiful visual homages big and small, the film has less wiggle room to really come alive on its own.
Swirling apparitions, a wonderful Southern gothic atmosphere and a thwarted love story make this a fine companion piece to the Walt Disney theme-park attraction.
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