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What Lies Beneath (2000)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:55
Rotten:66
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Robert Zemeckis is unable to salvage an uncompelling and unoriginal film.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Robert Zemeckis takes a page right out of Hitchcock and runs with it in the spooky supernatural thriller WHAT LIES BENEATH. Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) and his wife, Claire (Michelle... Robert Zemeckis takes a page right out of Hitchcock and runs with it in the spooky supernatural thriller WHAT LIES BENEATH. Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) and his wife, Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer), seem to have the perfect life: a loving marriage, a daughter just entering college, and a beautiful home on the water in Vermont. But what lies beneath this idyllic existence are secrets that will rip everything apart. Dr. Spencer is an award-winning scientist whose work is threatening to consume his life; meanwhile, his wife is trying to deal with empty-nest syndrome now that her beloved daughter has gone off to college. Strange things start happening around the house, and Claire starts believing that the man next door murdered his wife and that the wife is trying to contact her from beyond the grave. Dr. Spencer is worried that Claire needs psychological help; he refuses to believe that their house is haunted. But as more and more dangerous events unfold, a frightening truth threatens to destroy everything. Robert Zemeckis's modern-day ghost story trembles with threatening close-ups, a powerful musical score--and lots of terror. And it does for bathtubs what Alfred Hitchcock did for showers. [More]
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar, Amber Valletta, Rachel Singer, Wendy Crewson, Katharine Towne
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Clark Gregg
Story: Sarah Kernochan, Clark Gregg
Producer: Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
Reviews for What Lies Beneath
They could've cut 10 minutes out of the first hour easily...and it still might have been too slow.
If the ghost can go hunt for the villain by itself, why does it bother writing cryptic messages to strangers?
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February 09, 2006:
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January 01, 2000:
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