Tuesday, 9 August 2005

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

I wonder for whom this movie was intended as it is a little too scary for youngsters and a lot too idiotic for adults.  Eddie Murphy in his search for family-friendly fare continues his downward spiral.  Based on one of the better Disneyland rides, this film is no "Pirates of the Caribbean"; the effects are well done but are the whole show here.  Terence Stamp and Wallace Shawn add a touch of class to the procedings, but not enough to salvage things.  The funniest part, to me, is that one-time sexpot Jennifer Tilly is reduced here to a disembodied and annoying talking head.

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