The Haunted Mansion

A fright show artfully designed for the whole family, a comedy that all but the most impressionable children will likely get a kick out of.

The result is like near-beer: The taste is familiar, but the spirit is missing.

What I got was a fairly intriguing story and an actual plot that is actually resolved. That doesn't make the movie good enough to recommend, but it makes it better than the ads suggest.

It's perfectly palatable family fare for a long weekend.

It is spectacularly average. Neither an inspired reimagining nor a painful dud,

Eddie Murphy is less offensive than Dr. Seuss.

It's dull, childish, and uninspired.

A Disney Thanksgiving movie that plays like a Halloween holdover is odd enough. Even so, it wouldn't be that bad if you stuck your hand into the trick-or-treat bag and found a hefty, succulently dressed and edible turkey instead of the other kind.

Tame and witless enough to make me long for the ancient, dusty fright kitsch of ''The Munsters.''

Lamer than Tiny Tim on a damp London day.