Haunted Mansion

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 28, 2023

4.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 64 Ratings

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leaveitJul 29, 2023

"What if a mouse could change the world?" What if a mouse could release at least one good movie in an entire decade?

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theirrelephantsJul 29, 2023

"What if made a bad movie based on a theme park ride?"

Don't do that. "Okay, but what if we made a REMAKE of a bad movie based on a theme park ride?" Disney please, stop. Haunted Mansion 2023 can't decide if it wants to be a comedy or a"What if made a bad movie based on a theme park ride?"

Don't do that.

"Okay, but what if we made a REMAKE of a bad movie based on a theme park ride?"

Disney please, stop. Haunted Mansion 2023 can't decide if it wants to be a comedy or a horror and ends up being terrible at both.… Expand

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enut_butterJul 29, 2023

Disneys losing streak continues with this uninspired, dull, vacuous remake. I’m not sure who this is for, but I’ve certainly never met them. Wooden acting, the usual over-reliance on cheap-looking CGI and a mess of a script make for anDisneys losing streak continues with this uninspired, dull, vacuous remake. I’m not sure who this is for, but I’ve certainly never met them. Wooden acting, the usual over-reliance on cheap-looking CGI and a mess of a script make for an incredibly tedious film that you’ll regret ever considering to see.… Expand

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RkaelinJul 29, 2023

Soulless for a movie about ghosts. Filler moments everywhere, utter garbage of a film. Walked out 3/4 in. Forced myself to watch it, but it was too much. Save your money.

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BradMorganJul 31, 2023

A good atmosphere but an uninteresting story with a lots of filler scenes, which results in a too long film that does not grab the viewer. The two hours in cinema were very, very long.

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MattyIce34Jul 30, 2023

It’s just so long and scenes happen seemingly at random. I don’t hate the Eddie Murphy version, but improving on it shouldn’t have been to hard; they failed.

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FatmanduJul 30, 2023

Yikes, y'all! Read the room people. This ain't it fellas....this ain't it at all.

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HunterJeryAug 12, 2023

Hmm, this one its really bad even if you compare it with the old movie who was also kinda bad, waste of time and money. Trash humor and jokes, boring situations.

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DreadNaughtyJul 30, 2023

The director of this movie, Justin Simiens, is an outspoken queer black racist. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with being queer or black, but being blatantly racist towards persons with white skin, and deflecting any critism with criesThe director of this movie, Justin Simiens, is an outspoken queer black racist. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with being queer or black, but being blatantly racist towards persons with white skin, and deflecting any critism with cries of being the "victim" that is "too black" or "too queer" should be condemned. Upon finishing up production in May, Disney saw what a terrible film this was for Simiens first attempt at a real movie that didn't pander to BLM/White guilt. They removed Simiens from the upcoming Lando series and replaced him with Donald Glover (another black and, well, lets say at least he's not straight) who actually has demonstrated talent in directing and writing.

TLDR: Director is a demonstrably black, crybaby racist who has already been blacklisted from Disney LOL. The irony is he was replaced by a queer black man for "his" future projects.… Expand

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SirJargAug 11, 2023

A joke if you compare it with the old Movie, classic Disney, can't make anything good recently (3-4 years).

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Cstahler92Aug 30, 2023

I would be able to recommend this movie if Bob Iger would pay his staff a livable wage and wasn't trying to literally demonize them while secretly trying to ruin them as well. Bob Iger hates the fact that people are vilifying him over hisI would be able to recommend this movie if Bob Iger would pay his staff a livable wage and wasn't trying to literally demonize them while secretly trying to ruin them as well. Bob Iger hates the fact that people are vilifying him over his 'counter offer' to the union, which was just the old offer. In order to pay the demands of the unions on strike, Bob would need to allocate around 1% of the annual profits the massively successful studio makes. Bob Iger is just an L walking in a suit held up by sheer incompetence, AI could actually do his job better for significantly cheaper.… Expand

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Rebecca31Sep 1, 2023

The Disney gravy train continues, and if it’s not another live action remake it’s a theme park ride adaptation. Well although these theme park movies have served them well in the past (5 Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Jungle Cruise etc.),The Disney gravy train continues, and if it’s not another live action remake it’s a theme park ride adaptation. Well although these theme park movies have served them well in the past (5 Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Jungle Cruise etc.), they’ve now had a go at a spooky tale suitable for the whole family. Well that was the idea but unfortunately this new Haunted Mansion movie will be too scary for some young viewers and too boring for everyone else. Not even a strong cast made up of LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, and Jamie Lee Curtis is enough to save this snooze-fest.

A single mother, Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) moves into a lovely mansion that unfortunately is also home to a whole bunch of ghosts. Enter a tour guide (LaKeith Stanfield) a priest (Owen Wilson), a psychic (Tiffany Haddish) and a historian (Danny DeVito) to all get together and help exorcise the ghosts from the Haunted Mansion. An unlikely group of heroes forced together in a very unusual circumstance that should have resulted in a comedic spooky tale but ends up as a bland, boring story that I couldn’t wait to be finally over.

This isn’t the worst film I’ve seen all year but it’s close. Haunted Mansion fails at a family comedy and fails as a spooky ghost story. It’s got a dull script that even a good cast can’t do anything with. The effects are horrendous, you’d see better looking ghosts in a PS2 game. It can’t fit comfortably into a genre because it’s not funny and not scary. This felt endless and I can’t believe it’s only two hours because it felt more like four. The idea was good and clearly there’s lots to work with from the theme park ride, as all these ghosts with different back stories keep showing up throughout the film. There’s certainly enough of them stuffed into it and perhaps it would have been better as a mini series to explore some of the different ghost tales and actually develop some characters instead of quickly jamming them altogether into the mansion as quick as possible with the 999 other ghosts before the really evil ghost completes his plan of collecting 1000 souls.

Haunted Mansion moves from one haunted room to another, leaving you feeling like you’d rather be in the haunted mansion ride itself rather than this. Hell even those little crappy ghost trains we all got dragged to at some point as a child is better than this because it’s over quicker. I went in with low expectations and I was still disappointed. Haunted Mansion is a wasted opportunity because with that cast it should have been a hell of a lot better than the result. And it’s really not their fault, without a good script you don’t have a good movie and if Disney put an actual film maker in charge of things they might end up with better material because they’ve long since shown themselves to be completely out of ideas. Too bad they can’t understand the importance of good writers and yet another mediocre theme park based movie only serves as a further reminder that originality died at Disney years ago.

We’re entering spooky season now and there are so many better things you could watch instead of this utter mess, Casper, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Addams Family, Coraline, Beetlejuice and of course Hocus Pocus. Honestly there’s episodes of Scooby-Doo that are more entertaining than Haunted Mansion. But for anyone genuinely looking for a not too scary Halloween movie for the whole family, check out any of the above and skip this utter mess of a movie because there’s very few people I’d recommend this to. Haunted Mansion is recommended for die-hard fans of the theme park, I’m not saying you’ll all enjoy it but if this movie was made for anyone, it’s you guys. For everyone else, I’d say skip this one.… Expand

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ARSMSep 8, 2023

The movie is based on an exciting attraction and was promoted as an entertaining action comedy. Somewhy it becomes lyrical and slows down all the time – so the biggest action sequence lasts for a couple of minutes.

There are some good jokesThe movie is based on an exciting attraction and was promoted as an entertaining action comedy. Somewhy it becomes lyrical and slows down all the time – so the biggest action sequence lasts for a couple of minutes.

There are some good jokes here and there, but overall it's sad and dull due to constantly depressed and poorly motivated characters, who sit 90% of the time.… Expand

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busiekAug 8, 2023

A very poor movie. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not moving although it tries a few times. Boring, generic, without flair. Kids will get bored, adults too, this movie is for nobody. Generic characters, generic story, lots of fillers,A very poor movie. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not moving although it tries a few times. Boring, generic, without flair. Kids will get bored, adults too, this movie is for nobody. Generic characters, generic story, lots of fillers, too long... Even good actors fail to deliver. CGI like in "Ghostbustes" from 1984. This is bad even for D+ streaming.… Expand

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