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59
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Haunted Mansion, The
Walt Diney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for frightening images, thematic elements and language
Starring
Eddie Murphy,
Jennifer Tilly,
Terence Stamp,
Marsha Thomason,
Nathaniel Parker,
Marc John Jefferies,
Aree Davis, Martin Klebba,
and
Don Knotts
The Haunted Mansion comes alive like never before with eye-popping visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled, fright-packed comedy adventure. (Disney)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Family/Kids
|
Fantasy
|
Horror
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
David Berenbaum
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Rob Minkoff
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 20, 2004
Video: April 20, 2004
Theatrical: November 26, 2003
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A fright show artfully designed for the whole family, a comedy that all but the most impressionable children will likely get a kick out of.

70
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
This Mansion should satisfy, at least until the disappointing climax.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What I got was a fairly intriguing story and an actual plot that is actually resolved. That doesn't make the movie good enough to recommend, but it makes it better than the ads suggest.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
The result is like near-beer: The taste is familiar, but the spirit is missing.

60
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
It's notoriously difficult to balance lighthearted humor with the spookiness a good ghost story requires, but director Rob Minkoff is surprisingly successful, delivering a satisfying mix of laughs and mild scares aimed at a young audience.

60
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Terence Stamp and Wallace Shawn spend a fair amount of time skulking around as ghostly servants, which kept me amused for the movie's 99 minutes.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Pleasant and atmospheric family romp, offering enough mildly chilling thrills to keep everyone entertained during its brief running time.

50
Film Threat
Kevin Carr
With The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy continues in a long line of family film stinkers.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
While it may supply giggles and shivers to preteens, grownups should think twice before entering this all-too-haunted house.

50
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It is spectacularly average. Neither an inspired reimagining nor a painful dud,

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The story introduces a mystery halfway through to keep the plot from running out of steam, but neither its set-up nor its resolution provide much drama.

50
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
The words "Welcome foolish mortals" open Walt Disney Pictures' The Haunted Mansion, a movie based on Disneyland and Walt Disney World's classic theme park attractions. The foolish mortals, of course, would be those who pay $9 a ticket at the door.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It's dull, childish, and uninspired.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Surprisingly decent.

50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
It's perfectly palatable family fare for a long weekend.

50
Washington Post
Jen Chaney
Eddie Murphy is less offensive than Dr. Seuss.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Won't surprise you, but it's more tolerable than the grating, garish, millinery-challenged Cat. Besides, a cadaverous Terence Stamp trumps a glossy Alec Baldwin as a bad guy any day.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The special effects display is so lacking in imagination it turns into so much noise, just a flashy distraction from the stiff, stock cliches of the by-the-numbers script.

40
Empire
Ian Freer
Doesnt deliver a sliver of the fun and thrall the ride serves up in a fraction of the time.

38
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
A return to form -- bad form. Lifeless, unimaginative and almost determinedly uninspired, it's paint-by-numbers filmmaking at its dreariest.

38
USA Today
Mike Clark
A Disney Thanksgiving movie that plays like a Halloween holdover is odd enough. Even so, it wouldn't be that bad if you stuck your hand into the trick-or-treat bag and found a hefty, succulently dressed and edible turkey instead of the other kind.

33
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Does nothing right and, blessedly, vanishes swiftly like the aroma of a nasty belch.

33
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Tame and witless enough to make me long for the ancient, dusty fright kitsch of ''The Munsters.''

30
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
It's also hard to figure out who this movie is supposed to delight: It's too scary for little kids and not nearly scary enough for anyone allowed to rent "The Ring" without getting carded.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Learn from the Evers family: The Haunted Mansion is not worth the detour.

30
Variety
Robert Koehler
Mansion's drab comic strokes and narrative render the movie almost superfluous.

25
Premiere
Maia Abraham
Perhaps The Haunted Mansion will scare the ride-adaptation trend out of Disney's system. Let's hope Mr. Toad doesn't have a development deal.

25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A tepid comedy whose only saving grace is the face of Jennifer Tilly in a crystal ball.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This mostly laugh-and scare-free turkey offers an utterly bored -- and boring -- Eddie Murphy taking a back seat to special effects, elaborate sets and a wispy story slapped together by David Berenbaum (the overrated "Elf").

25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Can't have an American Thanksgiving without a turkey.

20
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
The movie is a funereally paced downer.

20
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The only entertaining member of the cast is Terence Stamp.
20
Village Voice
Brian Parks
Lamer than Tiny Tim on a damp London day.

20
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The film equivalent of the dark, boring period on a haunted house ride before the gondola crashes into another room filled with dirty mirrors.


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