The Haunted Mansion (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  150 reviews
Sales Rank: 6210
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D32094D
ISBN: 0788848402
UPC: 786936226614
EAN: 9780788848407
ASIN: B0001A79FI
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 2003
Release Date: April 20, 2004
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Condition: Complete with original disc(s), artwork, and case. In stock and ships right now!
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Lush production design and sparkling special effects make The Haunted Mansion pretty to look at. Terence Stamp (The Limey), as a malevolent ghost of a butler, provides a suitable air of menace as dematerializes to and fro. Marsha Thomason (Black Knight) is lovely as a real estate agent hired to sell a haunted mansion, but in truth the ghostly owner of the mansion believes she is the reincarnation of his lost love. Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Andre) and Dina Waters (Six Feet Under) make a modestly amusing comic pair as a ghostly husband and wife who bustle about. Jennifer Tilly (Bound), as a green disembodied head in a crystal ball, glitters appropriately. The movie also features endless clichés, futile attempts at humor, and Eddie Murphy. If you're looking for a movie based on a Disneyland ride, try the very clever Pirates of the Caribbean instead. --Bret Fetzer
Description
From the studio that brought you PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ... here's the fright-filled comedy adventure loaded with hair-raising laughs and eye-popping special effects! Eddie Murphy (DADDY DAY CARE) stars as a real estate agent whose family comes face-to-face with 999 grim, grinning ghosts in the creepy old Gracey Manor! Now with the help of supernatural psychic Madame Leota (Jennifer Tilly, LIAR, LIAR) they must hilariously battle to break the mansion of its age-old curse ... and do it before the clock strikes 13!
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 DO NOT ENTER. September 16, 2008
I find it hard to believe a child would be entertained by this. It has alot of adult dialogue and spends alot of time focusing on Eddie Murphy and all that real estate drama. I guess Eddie Murphy wants to look like a cartoon now, his hair has to be just so, like they get out a measuring tape to measure the precise angles and shape, oh whatever. And how much make-up does he need? It's like watching a synthetic robot. "Haunted Mansion" attempts to be funny, I think I laughed twice. I wish they would have totally went a different direction with the plot. Drop Eddie Murphy and his entire family (in my oppinion he was miscast) and focus more on the haunted mansion. The special effects were the most fun parts of the movie, anything would have been better than watching Eddie Murphy interact with his fake family. The ending had a religious twist that was both inappropriate and surreal. All the ghosts go to heaven! It seemed bizarre for a movie like this to end so campy and weird. I liked the parts with Jennifer Tilly as Leona, but it wasn't enough to carry the whole movie.
 Good BluRay for the Kids September 9, 2008
The bluray version of this film is much better than the DVD. I enjoyed watching this flick again.
Lighten Up! June 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
{This review is part of my 31 days of Holloween series.]
Some of you reviewer guys out there should lighten up a little, already. This movie's for the kids & would make a great Halloween treat and/or Xmas stocking stuffer.
I really enjoyed the film. It featured nice, even refreshing, kids (who weren't obnoxious acting L.A. brats), a beautiful Mom, veteran actors Terence Stamp & BBC's Nathaniel Parker ("Inspector Lynly"), whose rather cold good looks fit the "Ghostly Master's" role perfectly.
I must be the only person in the USA who's I never seen Eddie Murphy's prior work. Apparently he's had something of a checkered career--but this movie has suggested I might have been missing something. I liked the positive, multi-racial orientation of the film, the lack of graphic violence & "F" words--and just over all good, kid & family friendly feeling of this fun movie.
Eddie Murphy's Worst Movie. June 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The story is poor and even predictable. The characters are underdeveloped. The movie does not qualify as an horror flick, neither as a comedy. What is it?
 The Haunted mansion April 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The story line is very bad. I feel like the studio rush this movie out to fast and not care about the story. I gave this movie 2 stars because the special effect.
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