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Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

  • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Marsha Thomason
  • Summary: 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)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 34
  2. Negative: 15 out of 34
  1. 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.
  2. Reviewed by: Angel Cohn
    60
    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.
  3. Pleasant and atmospheric family romp, offering enough mildly chilling thrills to keep everyone entertained during its brief running time.
  4. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 25
  2. Negative: 9 out of 25
  1. 5
    I found the movie mildly enjoyable and it did have its brief moments that made it shine, but it really does not live up to the potential of what it could have been. A real shame. Aside from Eddie Murphy, everyone else is utterly forgettable and poorly executed. The special effects are average at best relying on old school gimmicks in a modern age, and it shows. Set pieces on the other hand are quite stunning and the movie actually does feel like an amusement park ride. Overall: An average movie that might be good as a rental for the kids (really young kids.) Expand
  2. I thought this movie was okay. It could of been better. But I thought that the 2 child actors did a better job acting than the rest of the cast. But I really liked the trivia associated with the ride. Expand
  3. Wow. I detest this movie so much. It's just awful all around and even though I saw it when I was like seven years old I can still recall how there was no point and no satisfactory part of this movie at all Expand

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