The Haunted Mansion Rating: Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Eddie Murphy Marsha Thomason Jennifer Tilly John Howard Complete Cast (13 total)

The Haunted Mansion Reviews

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Disney's Imgaineers at their very best!
From the beginnig credits to the very end this was defiantely one of the best movies to come along in the last twenty years. The special effects were awesome! This movie was way better than I expected it to be. If you have been to through the "Haunted Mansion" rides at any of the Magic Kingdoms, then you should see this movie! The scenery is so accarrate (from the movie) in the movie, that you actually feel as if you are standing in the Mansion with Eddie Murphie and his family! We couldn't believe it! Go Disney Imgaineers! Those of you like me who have been to both will realize that this movie is made up of a combination of both rides in the states. This is a wonderful family movie with those who have kids about nine and up. Much like the ride, this movie is very intense and was scary to kids under 9 in theater. ( So much so that one family ended up leaving.) Eddie Murphie and his wife are real estate agents who are looking to sell this myesterious "Old Mansion". The family ends up learning a lot about family and love. This is destined to be a family classic! Why didn't Disney make this movie sooner?

A Decent good time
The Haunted Mansion is Disney's 4th movie based on a ride if you count the made for tv Tower of Terror. It's often fun, funny and even romantic. It's far from being one of the best movies I've seen though. There's scenes where the movie can actually be funnier. I mean Eddie Murphy is a funny guy and a talented comedien but his lines just get a giggle. The movie has a lot of good chances for humor but it doesn't take them. For instance Murphy and the talented Terrence Stamp (The Limey) as the butler could've had much funnier scenes together. Instead through most the movie, it just has Stamp walking around and creeping up on people. He looks good in the role and is well in character but the script fails to do anything really funny with him. He's pale with his hair sticking up in the air and he walks around like a zombie and the only way Murphy pokes fun at him is by saying he needs a tan....haha.

I mean they could've thought of something more clever than that. The movie could've been laugh out loud funny especially with Murphy in the lead....but it's not. Don't get me wrong there's some laughs but I don't think there's enough, well not enough from Murphy anyway. The singing statues from the ride are funny, they work best in the movie. I also liked Jennifer Tilly as a gypsy spirit trapped in a crystal ball, that's what I think she's meant to be anyway. People make fun of that saying, that's stupid, is a talking head in crystal ball. I think it's meant to be that her spirit is trapped in there some how though. Anyway the ideas that the movie took from the ride itself are actually what work best. I'm basically just giving it a mild recommendation for just rental not to buy. Eventhough Pirates of the Carribean was a great movie based on a ride, Disney needs to be more original though. You can tell they are slumpted on what to do next if they stoop as low as making movies based on rides. So what's next Space Mountain with Colin Ferrell ? lol.

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