Movies: Packed with disarmingly good actors, ramped-up kiddie scares and loads of comic relief, HauntedMansion seems lost in its own mythology
"Haunted Mansion" -- ★ ★ LaKeith Stanfield is disarmingly good as a grief-stricken astrophysicist barely scraping by in New Orleans, and increasingly jaded about the spirit-crazed tourists and mythologies of the city he calls home.
Wilson, as a priest who recruits Stanfield to come to the haunted house to investigate, spins every line into gold. It's perfect comedic relief, which Haddish, oddly, does not get enough of. Playing a psychic, she's a bit more subdued than usual, maybe playing against her character's elaborate turbans .
Jared Leto amps up the creepiness as the Hatbox Ghost in"Haunted Mansion." - Courtesy of Disney Enterprises Still, this house has too many rooms and options for one movie -- not to mention for a single mom looking to make a fresh start with her snappily dressed son by starting a bed and breakfast. I do wonder, hauntings aside, what her business plan was for this massive estate.
Tiffany Haddish plays a psychic investigating the hauntings in the new movie"Haunted Mansion." - Courtesy of Disney Enterprises The haunted mansion catch is that once you enter the house, a ghost attaches itself to you -- just like in the Doom Buggies in the ride -- and haunts you until you come back. There is a lot of explanation but also somehow not enough, as it's still a little unclear how they get from A to B.
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