The Haunted Mansion

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The Haunted Mansion

PG,

2003,

1h 27m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy/

Fantasy

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14%

132 Reviews

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31%

100,000+ Ratings

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31%

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Workaholic real estate agent Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is accused by his wife, Sara (Marsha Thomason), of neglecting his son (Marc John Jefferies) and daughter (Aree Davis), so he takes the family on a vacation. Along the way, the family stops off at a sinister mansion that Jim has been asked to sell, only to discover it's haunted by Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) ; his stern butler, Ramsley (Terence Stamp) ; and two other servants who need some help breaking a curse.

Critics Consensus

Neither scary nor funny, The Haunted Mansion is as lifeless as the ghosts in the movie.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 28, 2010

1/5

Go on the Disney ride instead. It's over sooner.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Dec 8, 2003

[I]t's dreadful.

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Brian Parks

Village Voice

Dec 2, 2003

Rob Minkoff has directed a movie that's nearly laughless and nowhere near as frightening as what's happened to Eddie Murphy's career.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 9, 2023

5/10

The cleverness is at a minimum; few things stand out as memorable or inventive or shocking.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jul 29, 2023

C

It's an Abbott and Costello film without those likeable comedians, who had a great career in such dumb comedies.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jul 21, 2023

2/5

Writer David Berenbaum, who created the wonderfully subversive Elf, here produces a leaden script too scary for many youngsters and too moralising and saccharine for those over 10.

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Harry R

Apr 8, 2019

A movie loosely based on an iconic theme park ride screams disaster. This is proof of that theory. The plot makes no sense just like its storytelling. The characters are bland and uninteresting, with weak performances throughout. It has a bad script, terrible effects, no good comedy, no scares, heavily absent in charm, and comes across as incredibly annoying. You got a terrible kids movie on your hands. One that I bet Disney is disgusted that it exists in their own library. Child friendly trash at its finest.

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Draco W

Oct 8, 2018

I like watching the movie every Halloween! It's not scary but it is funny especially with Eddie Murphy!

Hermione S

Oct 3, 2018

Why does this movie exist? 1/10

Hagrid W

Jun 6, 2018

eddie murphy as man in movie that gave me chills so much i peed my panties

Leia P

May 8, 2018

incredible film the way they change the cuts

George W

Feb 5, 2018

(4.0 out of 6) When what such places holds we see are the dead. When it's time to stop holding on to somethings old to see we need to sell it. When we see what holds us is what wants us to stay when the conditions get worse in and out of such places. When what secrets, mystery, and hidden doors hold we are pulled in further and further. When we see others don't hold valuables as much as others do to let go in what it stands for. When we see such places are so large we can't seem to keep hold of our family in such places to get lost in it. When such places holds mysterious forces that we see but can hold we see our eyes play jokes on us or were they? When we see such places are meant to hold those in whom they planned to come we see everything is going as planned. When we see such places holds trapped souls, they need to find the key that unlocks such curses. When we see such places hold when it's the dead awakening.

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Rob Minkoff

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Jim Evers

Terence Stamp

Ramsley

Wallace Shawn

Ezra

Marsha Thomason

Sara

Jennifer Tilly

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Synopsis

Workaholic real estate agent Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is accused by his wife, Sara (Marsha Thomason), of neglecting his son (Marc John Jefferies) and daughter (Aree Davis), so he takes the family on a vacation. Along the way, the family stops off at a sinister mansion that Jim has been asked to sell, only to discover it's haunted by Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker) ; his stern butler, Ramsley (Terence Stamp) ; and two other servants who need some help breaking a curse.

Director: Rob Minkoff
Producer: Don Hahn, Andrew Gunn
Screenwriter: David Berenbaum, David Berenbaum
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Gunn Films, Doom Buggy Productions, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Language|Frightening Images|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 26, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $75.8M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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