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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.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Childrens

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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Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
02/05/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

Uma comédia de horror que não assusta nem faz rir.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
01/17/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
N/R

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Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
01/15/04
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
eye WEEKLY

Despite a talented cast of actors, nothing really stands out in this movie based on a theme park ride.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/14/04
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Mansion is as dead as the spirits who haunt its unspooktacular walls.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
01/09/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Hauntingly Bad.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
12/27/03
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

... essentially a soulless collection of episodic gags... only serves to hammer a few more nails into [Eddie Murphy's] career's coffin.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
12/20/03
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

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Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
12/15/03
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

[I]t's dreadful.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
12/08/03
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

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Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
12/08/03
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

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?").

Full Review Source: BET.com | comment Comment
12/05/03
James Hill
James Hill
BET.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
12/05/03
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

uses the ride’s familiar visuals as a leaping-off point for the horror-comedy, which is at times delightfully silly and at other times depressingly thin

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
12/05/03
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Manages to make even such surefire audience grabbers as a zombie attack exceedingly dull.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
12/05/03
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

To paraphrase one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite films (“Little Big Man”): Sometimes the Magic Kingdom works, and sometimes it doesn’t.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
12/04/03
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

It's ironic that in 2003 we find Murphy playing a role that, for all intents and purposes, might have been done by Mantan Moreland 60 years ago -- only Mantan was funnier.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
12/04/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An overstuffed and under-imagined attempt to turn a six-minute ride into a 90 minute picture.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
12/02/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

An overstuffed and under-imagined attempt to turn a six-minute ride into a 90 minute picture.

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12/02/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
12/02/03
Boston Phoenix
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With The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy continues in a long line of family film stinkers.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/02/03
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
Film Threat
 
 
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