{"id":584296,"date":"2023-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:00:00","slug":"haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Haunted Mansion\u2019 Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien\u2019s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2298ce550\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2298ce550\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film\/#Haunted_Mansion\" >Haunted Mansion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film\/#Full_credits\" >Full credits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/haunted-mansion-review-lakeith-stanfield-tiffany-haddish-and-owen-wilson-in-justin-simiens-deja-vu-disney-ride-based-film\/#THR_Newsletters\" >THR Newsletters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    If you\u2019ve ridden the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland even once, you\u2019ll recognize many of its key elements in the new Disney film based on the iconic attraction. And if you\u2019ve ridden it multiple times, you\u2019ll have trouble keeping up with the myriad Easter eggs paying visual tribute to its inspiration that are scattered throughout the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And that\u2019s about as much fun as most people will have at Disney\u2019s third attempt at bringing the ride\u2019s spooky charms to the screen after 2003\u2019s lamentable Eddie Murphy starrer and 2021\u2019s enjoyable <em>Muppets Haunted Mansion<\/em> streaming special. Woefully short on the necessary laughs and scares that would have made it a potential blockbuster franchise like the <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, <em>Haunted Mansion<\/em> only makes you ponder how much better it might have turned out had Guillermo del Toro, who was originally attached to the project, remained creatively involved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Haunted_Mansion\"><\/span>\n<p>                    Haunted Mansion     <\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>                    <span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>    Beats waiting in line for the ride, but just barely.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-line-height-large a-children-icon-spacing-none lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-size-18\">\n<p>                            <strong>Release date<\/strong>: Friday, July 28<br \/><strong>Cast<\/strong>: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Daniel Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong>: Justin Simien<br \/><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong>: Katie Dippold<br \/><span><br \/>\n                                    Rated PG-13,<br \/>\n                                2 hours 2 minutes           <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    As it is, the film directed by Justin Simien (<em>Bad Hair<\/em>, <em>Dear White People<\/em>) emerges as a routine entertainment that should reasonably please less discerning youngsters eager for some silly summer fun. Not that it isn\u2019t without its artistic ambitions, as screenwriter Katie Dippold (<em>The Heat<\/em>, <em>Ghostbusters<\/em>) attempts to infuse emotions into the proceedings via a central character being haunted (not literally) by memories of his recently deceased wife. But the poignant subplot fits in uneasily with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances of such trademark apparitions as The Hat-Box Ghost (Jared Leto) and the disembodied head of Madame Leota (Jamie Lee Curtis).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    LaKeith Stanfield (<em>Sorry to Bother You<\/em>) plays Ben, a former astrophysicist who\u2019s now depressed and drinking heavily after the death of his wife Alyssa (Charity Jordan, seen in flashbacks). Having invented a \u201cspectral photography\u201d camera in a vain attempt to see her again, he\u2019s approached by Father Kent (Owen Wilson), a hipster priest who performs exorcisms. Father Kent is seeking Ben\u2019s help with a current case involving a widowed doctor, Gabbie (Rosario Dawson), and her nine-year-old son Travis (Chase W. Dillon, <em>The Underground Railroad<\/em>, more than holding his own with the adults), who have moved into a decrepit mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans that turns out to be, you guessed it, haunted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    At the mansion, the skeptical Ben makes a show of pretending to take pictures and leaves as soon as possible. But he quickly becomes a believer when the ghosts follow him home to his rundown house in the French Quarter. He winds up temporarily living in the mansion, along with fellow ghostbusting recruits Harriet (Tiffany Haddish), a flamboyant medium who gives psychic readings at bar-mitzvahs, and Bruce (Danny DeVito), a Tulane University professor specializing in haunted houses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Cue the predictable mayhem, with the production designers and special effects people doing their damnedest to recreate the thrills and chills of the venerable theme-park attraction. They succeed to an admirable degree using a visually dazzling combination of CGI and practical effects, but at a running time of over two hours, the experience eventually feels as wearisome as riding the same ride over and over again. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It doesn\u2019t help that lead performers Stanfield and Dawson, while certainly appealing, lack the inspired comic chops (or material) to make their bland characters more than plot devices. DeVito, Haddish and Wilson fare much better, the last particularly amusing with his mellow line readings that contrast nicely with the visual mayhem surrounding him. But even these comedic pros can\u2019t salvage such lame jokes as DeVito screaming \u201cI\u2019m too old to die!\u201d while being manhandled by particularly aggressive spirits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The film throws in plenty of cameos to minimal effect, with Hasan Minhaj, Marilu Henner, Jo Koy, Winona Ryder and Daniel Levy barely onscreen long enough to make any kind of impression. Curtis clearly seems to be once again tapping into her goofy side after her Oscar-winning turn in <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em>, while if you didn\u2019t already know it was Leto as the Hat-Box Ghost you\u2019d never be able to tell. Which is probably exactly how he likes it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"review-full-cast \/\/ \">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey lrv-u-padding-tb-050\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Full_credits\"><\/span>\n<p>        Full credits<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>            Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Rideback, Walt Disney Productions<br \/>Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<br \/>Cast: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Daniel Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto<br \/>Director: Justin Simien<br \/>Screenwriter: Katie Dippold<br \/>Producers: Dan Lin, Jonathan Eirich<br \/>Executive producers: Nick Reynolds, Tom Peitzman<br \/>Director of photography: Jeffrey Waldron<br \/>Production designer: Darren Gilford<br \/>Costume designer: Jeffrey Kurland<br \/>Editor: Phillip J. 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