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- 2003
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 39 m
- 2003
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 39 m
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)
Directed By: Rob Minkoff
Written By: David Berenbaum
- 2003
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 39 m
- 2003
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 39 m
The Haunted Mansion
34
6.3
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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)
Directed By: Rob Minkoff
Written By: David Berenbaum
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
34
12% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
44% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
34
12% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
44% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
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.
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.3
41% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
43% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
15% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.3
41% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
43% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
15% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
It is spectacularly average. Neither an inspired reimagining nor a painful dud,
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.
Tame and witless enough to make me long for the ancient, dusty fright kitsch of ''The Munsters.''
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").
The film equivalent of the dark, boring period on a haunted house ride before the gondola crashes into another room filled with dirty mirrors.
Basically, this movie is just decent, family-friendly fun. It's not profound, astounding, or action-packed, but it appeals to the same sort of sensibilities that 2015's Goosebumps did. The cast does a fine job with the material, and the main family (led by Eddie Murphy) is pretty relatable. It may not be the best movie of all time, but I don't think there's anything really wrong with it, either. It's one of the only Halloween-type movies that you can watch without gore or sadistic violence and torment, and for that, it's okay in my book.
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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.)
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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.
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Eddie Murphy really needs to get his act together. In the 80's and 90's he made some pretty funny and thrilling movies, but now he makes worthless POS films. (Daddy Day Care, A Thousand Words, Norbit, Imagine That, Meet Dave, Showtime, I could go on forever). This movie is just another one of those waste-of-time, brainless movies that you wonder how the hell got made. I'm so glad Murphy decided to take on the Shrek franchise, because that's about the only good 21st century movie he's made. Also, Tower Heist was okay.
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Moronic, ****, campy, unfunny, abhorrent. Every word coming out of Eddie Murphy's mouth is like someone excreting into my ears. The special effects are far below par. Everything about this movie made me want to leave the theatre, but I don't waste any bit of money, so I slowly tortured myself in order not to have thrown away twenty bucks. I will throw this movie down into the f**king pits for all it deserves if I can forget it. But my memory, unfortunately, is too good.
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Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Annie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
