They're both scary movies about Black people who see dead people. HauntedMansion TalkToMe movies MovieReview HorrorMovies HorrorCommunity
, the — shall we say — lighthearted one of the pair. This is the Mouse Factory’s second go-round turning their famed Disneyland attraction into cinematic IP. Twenty years ago,), starring Eddie Murphy as a neglectful family man who learns how to protect his brood when they get holed up in a domicile full of ghosts.
Simien amps up the heavily CGI-ed shenanigans, turning the mansion into an even-more-incessantly dark ride than the dark ride it’s based on. Unfortunately, the mansion is more interesting than the humans Simien and screenwriter Katie Dippold trap in there. It’s like the cast was just told to bicker and give sitcommy one-liners whenever the cameras were rolling.
The movie goes off the rails in the third act, as the story reaches a bleak, messy crescendo that I assume the brothers thought would be daring. However, it feels more like they just didn’t know how to wrap things up. Before that happens, is one sad, scary allegory on why kids shouldn’t do drugs — especially if they’re going through personal pain. give us the rare sight of darker-skinned protagonists trying to live on after a loved one dies.
Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Written by Bill Hinzman and Danny Phillippou, based on a concept by Daley Pearson. Opens Friday, July 28.
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