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Summary: Turn off the lights and light a candle!
Review: This is a movie that not only keeps you guessing, but also has you jumping out of your seat. There are all kinds of twists and surprises, and the movie has a beautiful score and setting (Vermont). Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfiffer at their best!
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Summary: Watch it at night w/ the light off!
Review: Many friends who had seen this movie in the theater were nice enough to tell me a little about the movie, but not enough to spoil it for me and my wife. Even with their "warnings" that this was a "scarry movie", I still found myself jumping and anticipating many of the scenes. With the lights off this movie set just the right balance of special effects and suspense. Not so many special effects that this movie falls into the "gory" category (hardly), but like "The Exorcist", the movie used the special effects to enhance the suspense and deepen its intensity. Many of the scenes were HEAVILY enhanced, but I would have never know if I hadn't watched the Extra Features. Those scenes that were obviously special effects, were done just right. Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford, two big names in the movies demonstrate their acting abilities. This is one movie I'm glad to add to my DVD collection.
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Summary: Sufficiently eerie, but disappointingly predictable . . .
Review: This mainstream thriller, starring box-office favorites Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeifer as a supposedly happy married couple, is an appealing thriller for general audiences. "What Lies Beneath" is genuinely eerie and an interesting film to watch once.However, if you saw the theatrical trailer, then much of the suspense is taken away, and the movie becomes entirely too predictable. Actually, it's predictable even if you never saw the trailer. Ultimately, it was an enjoyable film, but not one to take too seriously. Watch it with your friends for cheap thrills over a bucket of popcorn and delivery pizza, but don't expect anything poignant or memorable.
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Summary: Better than i expected
Review: prepare yourself to stay awake for 2 hrs, you won't leave your seat. it has a very 'Hitchcock' feeling around it. i really liked it, if you're into thrillers/suspense well, that's a movie to have.
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Summary: Four of Five Stars
Review: Gripping, I was at the edge of my sit. The ending was also surprising. This movie left lots of suspects. I enjoy a movie that catches you at the beginning and keep you guessing until the end.
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Summary: Slow, predictable, and over-acted
Review: I am usually a big fan of both Robert Zemeckis and Harrison Ford so I was really looking forward to seeing this film, especially considering all the praise it received at the box office. But when I finally watched this one, I was very disappointed. The pace of the movie is painfully slow, until the ending, and by then I was tired of the movie. The plot twists are very predictable. And the digital effects used in the film look awkward and don't add anything to the film (except to the budget). The Hitchcock style that Zemeckis uses at the end of the film is almost too obvious and is not very effective. As far as Harrison Ford goes, he does a good job with his character. But Michelle Pfeiffer does some terrible over-acting as Ford's unstable wife. All-in-all, this movie was a big let-down. Worth a rental, but don't waste your money buying this one.
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Summary: Terrifying...
Review: This is quite possibly one of the scariest movies of all time. That's all I can say, that it's absolutely terrifying. The climax (not to give anything away) was utterly amazing. DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: The Real Mysteries
Review: I don't understand how one director can be so hot on one movie and so ice cold on another. For instance, how could Robert Zemeckis possibly have gone from Forrest Gump (brutal) to Contact (excellent) to WLB (brutal)? With the exception of one scene which manages to be quite unique and suspenseful, this is possibly the most predictable, most poorly written, least scary movie to get this much hype in a long time. Secondly, what is Harrison Ford thinking? Why in the world would such a talented actor accept this horribly written role? And no, he doesn't overcome the role's pathetic limitations by conjuring up an amazing performance. He is awful. Awful, awful, awful. And please, stop mentioning this movie in the same breath with Alfred Hitchcock's name. Every scene in this movie is so predictable, every character is so cardboard and every plot twist so easy to see coming that you could not insult Alfred Hitchcock more if you compared him to say, Scream, or something of that ilk. Do yourself a favor and get a real Hitchcock movie instead and leave this one on the shelf. This thing lies beneath...far, far beneath.
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Summary: Zemeckis and Ford disappoint
Review: Now let me say that I am a big fan of Robert Zemeckis. 'Back to the Future', 'Contact', 'Cast Away', and 'Forrest Gump' are among my favorite movies. Harrison Ford is also an actor who I admire. Remember 'Star Wars'? Enough said. Nevertheless, I was surprisingly disappointed by their recent teamwork in 'What Lies Beneath'. The plot is rather simple, althoug the storyline takes so many turns one can get confused. What could have been great Hitchcockian suspence was turned into annoying twists by obsessive direction and irritating sound. But the plot wasn't the full problem. The last half hour could have been cut in half without loosing any of the suspence (and, in effect, keeping the audience's attention), but Zemeckis instead opted for a long, drawn-out string of "oh, it's not over!" scenes. While rather mundane by suspence/thriller standards, the storyline might have worked out. ... But no matter how good the movie could have been, the fact is that any cinematic credibility was ruined the minute Zemeckis cast Harrison Ford as .... I know I'm typcasting, but I cannot picture Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and Jack Ryan.... That said, the only things stopping this movie from being any good are the obnoxious use of suspence, and the horrible miscasting of Harrison Ford. Zemeckis, you're a good director, don't waste your time on anything like this again.
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Summary: The first movie in years to make my palms sweat!
Review: I absolutely loved this movie, it scared the ever loving crap out me, and I also found myself hiding under the blankets. This is a great movie to watch by yourself on a stormy night.
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