2.5/4  old men scare me =)
The Haunted Mansion i thought was a very good movie. I saw it in the movies when it first came out. and i did like it alot. its about a guy(Eddie Murphy) whos a real real estate agent who goes to check out a bit mansion.He takes his family... (read full)

3/4  The Haunted Mansion Quick Review
This was no Disney masterpiece, but I thought this was a fun and cute movie. I love the ride at Disney World so I had to check this one out.

1.5/4  The Haunted Mansion Quick Review
Unlike another film based off a Disney ride, I don't see why this didn't warrant two sequels as well... oh, because it was painful to watch, maybe. That's probably it. Someone should stop Eddie Murphy before it's too late.

4/5 Charming and fun
  by Rocky Mountain Girl (Colorado)
OK, we all know this is a kids movie, but it is fun and Eddie Murphy is charming as the too-busy husband and father who is forced to realize how important his family is. Anyway who can listen to Eddie Murphy's laugh and not grin? Great fun and easy to enjoy. Not great art, but entertaining! Typical non-animated Disney fare, with a good moral for everyone who watches, and great special effects.

5/5 good movie
  by Lee J. Davito
For accuracies sake..They are driving into the sunset on Ponchatrain bridge (north of New Orleans, LA).....Only problem....the bridge runs north-south...and NOT east to west...so they couldn't possibly be driving into the sunset...or the sunrise, for that matter

Just wanted to point that out.....but hey, it's only a movie

1/5 Walt, did you somersault in your grave?
  by Penny (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I know this movie is constantly getting compared to Pirates of the Caribbean, and that's justified, because almost everyone who loves one of these Disneyland rides is just as crazy about the other. But Johnny Depp is prolific and can act well in a sinister role. Eddie Murphy has bombed in some of his comedies (like that hideously stupid Norbit movie), and he doesn't always do a good job with kiddie humor. He failed in Haunted Mansion because nothing he said was surprising. My other reasons for hating this film are personal, I guess. Having ridden most Disney attractions dozens of times, I applauded the Pirates movie for being loyal to the storyline you'd expect in such a setting. I expected a movie based on my beloved Mansion ride to be creepy and campy, not spoiled with stupid modern-day language like "getting jiggy" just so kids would lap it up. What about all of us Disneyland fans old enough to fondly reminisce? Other reviewers felt it was a bad decision to bring the setting into the twentieth century, and I agree. And a black family was jarringly out of place. I don't care what people say; this antebellum mansion should have had eccentric Southern aristocratic types living in it. Even if this movie had come out when I was a little kid, I would have been sorely disappointed by the lack of loyalty to the ride. Disney can and should turn out films that would appeal to kids AND adults, especially when based on such an awesome timeless attraction!

2/5 Poor Eddie!
  by ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy was a film I watched a few years ago on t.v. I was disappointed because when is the last time Murphy did a memorable film? and I hated Dreamgirls in which he was nominated for an Oscar. The Haunted Mansion is based on the ride at Disneyland, I wasn't impressed by this family film at all but I did like how colorful it was. Lame story and messy acting, only tacky kids would dig this train wreck.

4/5 for Aficionados
  by Dr. Robert Wolff (Innsbruck)
the movie is certainly interesting for those who know and like the haunted mansion at Disney's and who like to compare how the different objects and locations of the Magic Kingdom attraction have been used. Thanks to Eddy Murphy you get quite a few laughs, but some of the scenes are a little bit shrill, so that the movie is not suitable for little children.