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Summary: The Haunted Mansion
Review: I've been waiting for this movie to premier ever since I saw the previews while seeing Pirates of the Carribbean. The Haunted Mansion has always been my favorite all time attraction in Walt DisneyWorld. I finally saw The Haunted Mansion this afternoon and it was absolutely fantastic. It made me laugh, it made me cry it made me miss Walt DisneyWorld all the more. I'm going again this Friday and who knows how many more times. I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing it and can't wait until it comes out on video. Make sure you stay AFTER all credits are over. It seems that I'm the only one who is sitting in the theatre and see all the surprises at the ends of movies just like with Pirates. It's a wonderful movie and they did a wonderful job with it. Congratulations to all who worked on this wonderful film!
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Summary: Scary
Review: I saw it today and it scared the bajeebers out of me. Eddie Murpy is sooofunny!
Rating:
Summary: 14
Review: Even though it has not come out yet the trailer contains a thriller of a movie including the comedy of eddie murphy . A thrill for all the family
Rating: 
Summary: not that good of a movie
Review: maybe kids will like this but overall this movie stunk. eddie murphy was horrible and the story really didn't allow him to be any better.
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Summary: could work for kids
Review: To start off, yeah, it's nowhere near as fun as "Pirates of the Carribean", and much of it comes off like a too-long episode of "Scooby Doo". Still "Mansion" is a lot of fun. The plot? Essentially lifted from years worth of lore about the Disney ride (little if any of it actually created by Disney), a broken hearted southern gentleman commits suicide when his "true love" apparently does the same. About a century later, the ghosts of the suicide, the butler (Terence Stamp) and some other household guy (played by Wallace Shawn) are trapped in his mansion. The titular house itself is practically buried by the Louisiana bayou and, in the tradition of haunted houses, under tons of cobwebs. Instead of a van of meddling kids, the Mansion plays host to Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) and his lovely wife Sara. Murphy's character is a work-a-holic real estate agent who manages to snag every customer in the southeast, while neglecting his family. Luckily (?) Sara is the spitting image of Elizabeth, the lost love of the mansion's owner. Invited to tour the mansion with the idea of selling it, and faster than you can say "I see dead people", Murphy and crew find themselves trapped in it by its spectral residents. With the help of Shawn's ghost and also a crystal ball containing the disembodied head of Madam Leota (Jennifer Tilly in a role that also originated with the ride), Evers and family plumb the mysterious environs of the mansion for a way to save Sara and escape.This was a light movie that completely slips out of your head like a ghost five minutes after it's over. Murphy doesn't get as much mileage out of his mugging persona as he has in movies like the "Cop" series or as in "Golden Child" - but he still does a good job with the kind of movie role that even Bill Cosby couldn't grasp (check out "Ghost Dad" and prove me wrong). As for kids - my 7 & 4 year olds loved it. There was a possibly risky scene with Murphy and his character's daughter trapped in a crypt with an army of skeletal zombies, and the fiery climax of the movie unleashes a fiery demon, but most of the flick treats the spectral world with the same lightness as the ride had.
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Summary: REAL GOOD!
Review: GOOD,SCARY,AND FUNNY!MY WHOLE FAMILY LAUGED AT ALMOST EVERY SEEN!I KNEW IT WOULD BE FUNNY THOUGE BECAUSE IT HAD EDDIE MURPHY!SO,IT`S A GREAT MOVIE!
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Summary: Rent don't buy...
Review: This movie is good for a one time watching, yet it is not good enough to own.
The plot Murphy sells houses and goes to a house on the way to a vacation. When his family enters they are trapped and have to fight ghosts (with a few laughs nothing like a belly laugh) to get rid of the curse and get out of the mansion. There really is no more of a plot than that. It is not the worse movie I have seen but it is also not the best...it is not a comedy as it is portrayed it seems more like just a nice, clean movie to watch.
My recommendation rent not buy this movie.
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Summary: A lot of sex jokes when you think about it...
Review: like when he says wack the spider to the kid & he says I dont wanna wack it, & when Eddie Murphy says Thats a nice pair of knockers on that door!!! Any way, just thought I'd point those out for you, and it is a good movie.
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Summary: Uninspired...
Review: ...or so it looks. Actually more a 3/6 than a 2/5 I guess, but the movie at its' best is ok. And I'm a big fan of fantasy-movies, and of Eddie Murphy. But even for a childrens' movie the story and plot is very thin, not to mention used as in "old" and "seen it before".
The haunted mansion looks good though, the place has potential - and perhaps that is what makes the movie watchable.
Eddie Murphy has never tried to cover up for making some of his later movies only for the profit, his heart isn't in it anymore it seems. The best "resent" movies are Nutty Professor 1 & 2 in my opinion, other than that (and Shrek 1 & 2 of course) he has wasted a lot of his talent making B-movies far below his league, a shame really.
Hoping for a comeback soon!
Rent first, do not risk your money buying here...
Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: It seemed a clever idea for Disney to turn its non-film-based attractions into movies. While the Country Bear Jamboree was a dud, Pirates of the Caribbean was a delight. Like the film that materialized from the former, The Haunted Mansion is a meagre fantasy that will undoubtedly be forgotten and turn to dust. Eddie Murphy plays real estate agent Jim Evers, who neglects his familial duties to close deals. During a family outing with his wife Sara (Marsha Thomason), timid son, and no-nonsense daughter, Evers stops to have a look at a "historical sprawling manor with spacious grounds" that he hopes to represent. When it begins to rain, they are invited to spend the night by its owner Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) and manservant Ramsley (Terence Stamp). It comes as no surprise that the occupants turn out to be ghosts, and even a headless corpse can figure out that Sara was lured to the mansion because she resembles Gracey's lost love. In keeping with the ride at Disneyland/world, The Haunted Mansion is not intended to be scary but more like a fun-house, and includes familiar images from the attraction such as singing busts, waltzing apparitions, and the crystal ball-encapsulated gypsy seer (Meg Tilly). Directed by Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little), the story is slow to evolve and lacks tension or surprise. Most of this is due to a predictable script that doesn't offer a single original plot development. And the film can hardly be considered a comedy because there's nothing funny; even the line "I see dead people" falls flat, when delivered matter-of-factly by the smug son. Although the art direction is superb, the audience barely gets to see the eerie Louisiana bayou, elaborate interiors, and shimmering ghosts. Instead, we are treated to the stares of bug-eyed Murphy and expressionless Stamp. Being in purgatory would be far more entertaining. Rating: 4 out of 10.
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