What Lies Beneath

Name: What Lies Beneath
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: July 21, 2000
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer

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WHAT LIES BENEATH

Movie Details & Credits

DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: July 21, 2000

Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer

Summary: A professor (Ford) investigates the murder of a beautiful college student who has been appearing to his wife (Pfeiffer).

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

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49	#49 Most Discussed Movie of 2000
33	#33 Most Shared Movie of 2000

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Portland Oregonian - Shawn Levy

As it unwinds, What Lies becomes both masterful and preposterous. Read full review

Miami Herald - Rene Rodriguez

An uncommonly playful fright machine -- a fun house factory of scares. Read full review

Variety - Emanuel Levy

A thriller that tries aggressively, but not entirely successfully, to deliver the goods of three genres -- suspense, supernatural and horror. Read full review

USA Today - Susan Wloszczyna

Never reaches much beyond the surface, and what lies there is all too predictable. Read full review

Boston Globe - Jay Carr

Ford and Pfeiffer deliver craftsmanlike work, but the film steadily unravels as Zemeckis tries to ratchet up the suspense. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - Steven Rea

Dumb, dumb, dumb - borrowing scare tactics from Hitchcock and other suspense masters, but forgetting basic story.telling essentials such as character development and logical exposition. Read full review

Dallas Observer - Gregory Weinkauf

What Lies Beneath is my head on the movie theater floor, snoozing through this film. Read full review

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RandyJ

Sep 9, 2006

A Brilliant first-rate classic. Mind blowing intelligence and incredible acting deliver the small blows. Sheer terrifying brilliance delivers the rest. A perfectly cast mind-blowing tour-de-force, stunning and superb. The greatest horror movie of our time.

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Nickkk

Jan 28, 2011

A smart thriller with brilliant acting from Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Definitively one of my favorites. While focusing on the problems of an apparently normal relationship, "What Lies Beneath" has some original scary moments and much suspense.