The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Powerful

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Sometimes, basing a movie off a ride turns out great, like Pirates of the Caribbean. And sometimes, you end up with this.But is that really a bad thing? Sure, a lot of people hated the movie, but I genuinely enjoyed it. The plot, while far from scary at any point, wasn't half bad. It was creative, and actually quite fun.And the best part? The movie was hilarious. Some of the jokes were pretty clever, but the funniest parts were unintentional. In some scenes, the CGI is absolutely atrocious. And that makes it funny. It's hard not to crack up when poorly animated minuscule tubas are orbiting Eddie Murphy.Oh yeah! Did I mention Eddie Murphy? So, this movie isn't really for everyone. The overly critical and the easily offended will not like this movie. But anybody with a good sense of humor will enjoy it, despite it's faults.

Workaholic realtor Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy), his wife/business partner Sara and their two children are summoned to a mansion. When they discover that the place is haunted, Jim discovers an important lesson about the family he's neglected as they attempt to escape.Other than the "Shrek" films, Eddie Murphy's career took a rather downward turn after the 1980s. And although he may or may not have been right for this part (something seems a little off), it is not the terrible flop that people make it out to be.Fans of the ride will be impressed with how they were able to take so many elements and turn them into a single narrative. If you want a faithful adaptation, this is much closer to the source than "Pirates of the Caribbean" (even if that is the better film).There are a few scenes that might scare younger viewers (much like the ride), but overall this is pretty good family fun. Besides Murphy, we get some decent performances from Wallace Shawn and the wonderful Terence Stamp, who does the Karloff-as-old-butler routine quite nicely.

This is a very basic and plain movie, its just another stupid black comedy with Eddie Murphy. He's always in stupid kiddie movies, it's ruining his career. The Haunted Mansion isn't that great of a movie, the script and plot are very basic and predictable. The special effects were cool but they should have included a little more. One good thing about the movie is that there wasn't a lot of horror scenes.Don't bother watching this garbage, its a silly Disney movie with very little comedy and action. These "so-called" black comedies are so dirt, they suck. This is just a cheesy rip-off of kiddie craps mixed together with kiddie horror.

This movie is horrible.It is one of the worst family films ever made, being shallow, dumb, annoying and soulless. It was quite clear from the beginning that here the producers wanted to achieve the same success from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise (Since those movies and this one are inspired Films based on theme-park attractions) but at least, "Pirates of the Caribbean" have a nice visual style and some entertainment value.This has nothing of that, being an obnoxious and dull. The plot is almost non-existent, being just an excuse to show lots and lots of special effects and add some bad comedy sequences. The characters are the most uninteresting ones that I have seen in a film of this kind: They had zero personality, and were annoying at best. The jokes from this movie are stupid and unfunny.This movie is a complete waste of time, without any redeeming value. "The Haunted Mansion" had zero artistic or entertainment value, being one of the worst films for the whole family ever made, and the worst Eddie Murphy movie (And that's saying something)