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Summary: Screw the critics-it will scary you!
Review: I don't understand how people can argue that this film is not a great horror film. I've seen quite a few horror movies, and am rarely spooked. This one kind of freaked me out. The thing about this movie is that it seems fairly believable - no mutant characters with chainsaws that refuse to die. It is realistic enough that it makes you wonder if the whole ghost "phenomenon" really happens. If you want to see a bloodbath, this isn't it. But if you want a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat, buy (or rent) this movie!
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Summary: Good Scary Flick!
Review: Has all the best elements of any great Hitchcock film. It is in the "old style" of horror movie that would make Vincent Price proud. Psychological spooky! My only complaint is that it wasn't longer. Definitely worth seeing.Also excellent Bonus Footage including Director's Commentary and also a "Making-Of" featurette that shows the computer graphics that went into the special effects. Other stuff too, but the computer graphics stuff wowed me. If you listen to the Director's Commentary (which includes a conversation among the Director Robert Zemekis and a couple of Producers) - they totally kiss his ..., telling him what a great director he is. But the funny thing is - they're right! It's a hell of a good mystery. Get it - you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: Worthy Thriller!
Review: What Lies Beneath (WLB) has everything you want in a great mystery thriller: good plot, suspense and tension, and great acting. Harrison Ford, on his behalf did exceptionally well, but it must be known that the star of WLB is Michelle Pfeiffer. Since it is centered around her, of course they would show more of her. But this woman is magnificent. Pfeiffer took a middle-aged woman watching her only daugher go off to college and turned her into a woman struggling to discover the truth behind mysterious happenings. The beginning of the movie starts off as any movie would, introducing the characters, and setting up plot points. There's also a false accusation which makes you think the whole movie will be about that one thing, but then an unexpected twist happens. And I loved the way they did that! I won't give away the twist for those of you who haven't had the chance to see WLB. Anyway, the middle is spent with mysterious going ons, and Pfeiffer's character trying to understand what's going on. As soon as she does get a grip on what's going on, she is determined to get to the bottom of the story. Which she does, in the end. I must say, if you see nothing but the end of this movie, you will be blown off the edge of your seat. Of course it would be better to watch the full length of the movie, but the ending is spectacular. What Lies Beneath is sure to become an instant classic.
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Summary: NOT a thriller, more like X-files !!!
Review: Those of you looking for a thriller will be dissapoined with this movie. It is NOT a thriller, forget people who compare this with Psyco.... Just when you start to like this movie and things start to get clear about the story, something COMPLETELY paranormal happens, such as photographs falling for no reason, or doors opening without anyone touching it, or even dead people resuscitating for a few seconds to intervene in a scene!!!!! I mean this sort of stuff is like X-files, NOT like Hitchcockian thrillers!!!!!!!!! This story is PURE PARANORMAL junk, which makes it VERY easy to write. It is much more difficult to make a REAL thriller, where the writers have to create a plot, with a killer and some hints which lead to the discovery of the killer. In this movie, it looks like they decided who would be the killer at the last moment, the story does NOT link to the ending. This movie is more like a "phycological horror" junk, which in this aspect resembles the sixth sense, although its not as bad... If you really feel you MUST see this movie once, either because you like Harrison ford, or because you dont believe me, then RENT IT, DO NOT BUY IT!!!!!!! If you saw it and liked it I respect your taste, but you can't say this is a thriller!!!!!!
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Summary: THRILLING BUT TEDIOUS
Review: In spite of the high profile cast and crew, "What Lies Beneath" is a fairly traditional thriller all in all. There are loads of scenes that do not serve to advance the story but instead focus on startling the viewers, which makes for a kind of tedious entertainment, if you will. There's no question the movie has some good scares, but the false ones come too often. The actors themselves, coupled with excellent film-making techniques, are what really transforms this from the simple "Me too!" films that have come along on the coat tails of "The 6th Sense." Harrison Ford is always terrific - even if he always seems like Harrison Ford. He does not often take roles to challenge himself, and yet there are enough twists and turns for him here to understand why he pitched in on the project. Indeed, watch it with the lights out, preferably with company who jumps easily and likes to grab on to you for support - just don't expect TOO much.
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Summary: Utterly uninvolving.
Review: "W.L.B."; what does that spell ?. A terrible, terrible pile of cliche-filled nonsense, that's what. "What Lies Beneath" is a predictable and not in the least bit scary mess, in fact, it plays more like a silly housewife-detective story rather than a ghost story. (-Seriously, Woody Allen's "Another Woman" is scarier, and it's not even supposed to be.) Like with so many other movies nowadays, it struck me while watching it that it's put together almost like an opera with its exaggerated music (in this case, to remind you it's a thriller), and the loud sound effects (to make you jump.) Sometimes silence works better, and this movie would've won a little bit by having less music. In fact, there are a couple of silent scenes toward the end of the movie, and even though these scenes are constructed pretty much like the earlier scare-scenes in the film, they work better because of the silence. (-And no doubt the reason so many people seem to think they have just been watching the greatest genre movie of all time !.) Little else work in this movie, though. I was expecting a frightful tale about a family living in a haunted house haunted by apparitions and voices, instead I found myself haunted by voices telling me what a foolish idea it had been choosing to spend 2 hours in the dramatic company of Pfeiffer's hysterical housewife and Ford's dull husband. The film-makers were clearly trying to avoid making an oldfashioned haunted house horror film, but it would've been so much better had they gone for just that. Ghost movies either work or they don't. I used to think they were fairly easy to make, but nothing could be further from the truth. Doors opening or closing by themselves isn't always enough, you know. If you haven't created a suspenseful atmosphere pretty early on, leading into (preferably) an eerie skincrawling one, forget it. This is where this movie and its straightforward narrative fails. I'm sure everyone involved in this project, including Zemeckis, are all nice people (judging by the interviews and smiling snapshots in the DVD's cast&crew section), but they need to stay far away from this type of film in the future. Long takes and slow cutting are such rare and sorely missed things these days, and if for nothing else, at least this movie is "watchable" in those departments. However, at 130 minutes it's just too long, and none of its two "superstars" are very interesting actors or good enough to carry such a long film on their shoulders, especially when so little is happening. With (almost) no other actors present, their limitations become only all too obvious. Especially the tremendously overrated Ford, whose forte remains happy-go-lucky characters like Han Solo and Indiana Jones. And the usually wonderful Remar is completely wasted in a nothing-part. "The Sixth Sense" didn't succeed on all levels either, but at least it didn't disappoint you. See that one instead.
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Summary: I would say WATCH IT WITH THE LIGHTS ON!!!!
Review: Creepy, creepy, creepy! This movie, with it's slow-building suspense and frighteningly realistic gohstly images is a real BLOOD CHILLER! Seriously, this movie is ten times more "edge of the seat" than The Sixth Sense. It is, in a word, TERRIFYING - probably, because they make everything seem so believable. Michelle Pfeifer and Harrison Ford do a superb job of acting in this spooky story about a ghost who, at first, makes Clair (Pfeiffer) feel like she's going crazy, and her husband Norman (Ford) who is hiding a secret. If you like supernatural thrillers that have the power to raise the hairs on the back of your neck, then What Lies Beneath is for you! One word of warning, though, do NOT watch this movie ALONE!
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Summary: Something you watch once
Review: I just watched this movie last night. It was pretty good as far as suspense goes and it freaked me out. What interested me was the haunting aspect. I'm really into all that ghostly stuff. Over all it was a pretty good movie. But it's something where once you know what happens, you probably won't want to watch it again because you know what's going to happen. Also, there were many parts where they tried to throw you off that didn't really seem to fit into the plot. so, that made it a little confusing. Other wise, it's good for scaring the crap out of you!
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Summary: Miscast and derivative. And feet.
Review: I seriously wonder if the reviewers here who declare this film "Hitchcockian" have ever actually seen an Alfred Hitchcock film. It's a rather mediocre ATTEMPT at Alfred Hitchcock-style filmmaking, maybe, but nothing more. That said, there's nothing here you haven't seen in a second-rate "Tales from the Crypt" episode. Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, fine actors though they are, do NOT belong in these roles, and their prescence is distracting and slightly uncomfortable. On the other hand, if you're a foot fetishist, buy this movie at any price! What this movie lacks in scares and originality, it makes up for with interest in close-ups of Michelle Pfeiffer's bare feet. *sigh* Next movie, Mr. Zemeckis?
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Summary: "What Lies Beneath" Lacks
Review: What do you get with a Hitchcock film? A strange experience with the usual female lead that the story is based around. What do you get when you try to make a Hitchcock film? This. "What Lies Beneath" is a good idea that kills itself when it doesn't move the story along in a scary movie pace. It tires so hard to throw you off -too hard- ending up more predictable, and even boring. Everyone did well for the inept script and lack of focus it had. But for such a silly script, why did big stars like Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer sign on?
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