the haunt mansion be a lame child film that be short on laugh and a good story . realtor jim evers and his wife and business partner sara get a call from mansion owner edward gracey and who be look to sell his property . smell the big deal of their career and jim and sara and their two child pay a visit to the mansion and locate on a remote bayou . a thunderstorm strand the evers family in the old mansion with the brooding and eccentric gracey and his mysterious butler and ramsley and and a variety of resident both see and unseen . will they be able to figure out what go on and survive the night . the plot be base on a ride so i wouldn not really expect a really good story . however and the story be weak then expect and it stupid . kid would not be interested in the story though and they just want a fun film to watch . kid may have some fun but anyone over the age of twelve probably would not . it just a bit of a boring ride since there be really nothing excite about the film . the acting be and at best and average with the best be jennifer tilly . she be a bit underrated and she would sometimes have some really funny line . eddie murphy be enjoyable to watch in daddy day care but he be really bad in this film . terence stamp play the butler and do an okay job . marsha thomason play sarah and she do a terrible job . she be really boring to watch on screen and do not show a lot of emotion either . marc john jefferies and aree davis play their two kid and they both actually give tolerable performance . rob minkoff seem to have lose his touch after make the lion king since his last two kid film have be average at best . the best thing about the haunted mansion be that it have pretty good special effect . nothing spectacular and but still not too cheesy look . the music be horrible and but i guess they be try to get a scary vibe which do not work . the film be of course not scary and i do not think it be try to be scary . if the film be suppose to be scary then it might work on little kid but it a weak effort . the running time be only 97 minute which make the movie a little more tolerable to watch . it good then the country bear but not as good a pirate of the caribbean . it also not as good a daddy day care which be a lot more enjoyable to watch . in the end and haunt mansion have little go for it a it hurt by shoddy direction and a weak script and there be few positive to be find here so i recommend you just skip it . rating 4. negative .