Review of The Haunted Mansion (2003) by Halimali H — 28 Mar 2010
Eddie Murphy stars in this movie as real estate broker. He works together with his wife. One day they decide to go for a picnic together with their daughter and son but on the way they decide to visit that big mansion for which they were asked to find a buyer. When they arrive in the mansion something seems very wrong. and as you might guess the mansion is full of ghosts. Now why the family were invited you need to watch the movie to know the reason behind it.
The main highlight of the movie is the visual effects and the way the movie was filmed. The mansion looked huge and very elegant. All the visual effects which were used in the movie were in pretty good quality.
Was I entertained?? Well, sometimes yes and many times no but I have to say that the movie was quite a visual treat but story wise it falls flat and does not offer anything new. Eddi Murphy was funny at few scenes but again thats it. Many scenes were just below the average. They were not scary or funny.
Background music was good and it worked with the overall atmosphere of the movie and with the visual effects.
Overall the movie was OK at best but boring and dumb. Children may like it but I doubt the adults would go crazy over it.
The Ratings:
-Entertainment: 50%.
-Performances: 40%.
-Direction: 40%.
-Cinematography/Special effects: 80%.
-Background Music: 60%.
-Duration: 60%.
Overall: 55% ====> 60%.
This review of The Haunted Mansion (2003) was written by Halimali H on 28 Mar 2010.
The Haunted Mansion has generally received mixed reviews.
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