Great Film: The Haunted Mansion
I see dead movies!
Another nail in the coffin of Eddie Murphy's career, The Haunted
Mansion is a slap-dash attempt to cash in on The Pirates of the
Caribbean, an infinitely more successful and better film based on a
Disneyland ride. There's just nothing here to write about--very little
human drama and not enough computer wizardry to keep you from noticing
you don't care about the humans.
About the only two things worth mentioning are Jennifer Tilly's fairly
funny Madame Leota, a wisecracking Gypsy trapped in a bright green
crystal medicine ball and Marsha Thomason, not for any acting ability
but simply that she is beautiful and her beauty relieves some of the
boredom.
Oh, well. At least it didn't have some character pontificating, "Follow
your heart!"--the ubiquitous and hackneyed Disney message
Cast
- Hitchhiking Ghost played by Deep Roy
- Ezra played by Wallace Shawn
- Jim Evers played by Eddie Murphy
- Ramsley played by Terence Stamp
- Mr. Silverman played by Steve Hytner
- Master Gracey played by Nathaniel Parker
- Sara Evers played by Marsha Thomason
