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The Haunted Mansion (2003)

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Reviews Counted:133

Fresh:17

Rotten:116

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Neither scary nor funny, The Haunted Mansion is as lifeless as the ghosts in the movie.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Childrens

US Box Office: $75,759,571

Synopsis: THE HAUNTED MANSION comes alive like never before with incredible visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled comedy adventure. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a... THE HAUNTED MANSION comes alive like never before with incredible visual and special effects in this all-new, fun-filled comedy adventure. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a stately antebellum palace that hosted New Orleans' wealthiest. Now it's the creepy and crumbling home to a love struck 19th century gentleman, 999 ghosts, and a hilarious and hair-raising battle for "home rule." Realtor Jim Evers (EDDIE MURPHY) and his wife and business partner Sara get a call late one night from mansion owner Edward Gracey, who is looking to sell his property. Smelling the biggest deal of their career, Jim, Sara and their two children pay a visit to the mansion, located on a remote bayou.A torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen. At first, Jim scoffs at Gracey's stories about ghosts and hauntings, until he unearths the mystery of the mansion and finds that his wife Sara has unexpected connections to its haunted past. THE HAUNTED MANSION is directed by Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King," "Stuart Little") and features stunning special effects and make-up design by six-time Academy Award® winner Rick Baker ("An American Werewolf in London," "Men in Black," "The Nutty Professor," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), visual effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc., and sets by Oscar®-winning production designer John Myhre ("Elizabeth," "X-Men," "Chicago"). -- © Disney Pictures [More]

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Nathaniel Parker, Dina Walters

Director: Rob Minkoff

Director: Rob Minkoff
Screenwriter: David Berenbaum
Producer: Don Hahn, Andrew Gunn
Composer: Mark Mancina
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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When a Disney ride becomes a movie, there's not much hope that things will turn out as well as they do in this tame horror comedy.

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Derek Adams
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
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Great visuals, few scares and laughs. But it IS clean family entertainment.

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
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Beautiful production design and bags of promise give way to disappointment in this family comedy.

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07/20/04
Joe Utichi
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A thunderstorm of mysterious origin traps the old mansion.

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05/26/04
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
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Regardless of all the ghosts, or maybe because of them, The Haunted Mansion is one lifeless, spiritless affair.

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04/13/04
John J. Puccio
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03/29/04
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Eddie Murphy, fresh from a string of wearyingly bad performances in really horrible features, pulls The Haunted Mansion down around him with record-breaking speed

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03/10/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
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03/07/04
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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You wonder why you're willing to wait an hour-and-a-half to go on it for the umpteenth time.

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02/24/04
Michael Szymanski
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