 What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here So this would be a spoiler review for Disney's upcoming reboot of haunted mansion It is starring Laquie Stanfield Tiffany Haddish Owen Wilson Danny DeVito Jamie Lee Curtis Jared Leto We don't know writer makes an appearance and a few other individuals in this project It is being directed by Justin Simeons from a screenplay by Katie de polde It is revolving around the mother and son of Gabby and Travis who enlists the aid of a team led by Stanfield to help exercise their mansion and destroy the ghost around them now Haunted mansion I will say will not get my stamp of approval for delivering a group of well-rounded characters to really sink my teeth into But our leading character played tremendously by Laquie Stanfield was enough for me to forgive the otherwise Underwhelming group surrounding him although there's a lot of personality that gets to shine amongst the core group of characters That helps enhance their lack of development also the story isn't anything groundbreaking But it is decent enough to hold your attention thanks to the performances that again enhance this journey It does get my stamp of approval for everything else for the most part Well, not the pacing because I did think it was a bit of a chore to get through and it was a bit too long Anyways, haunted mansion is the kind of decent project you get when a competent director is at the helm You had stellar performances a decent story that delivers another thank-piece on grief as if we didn't have enough of those already from countless other Projects, but it finds that near perfect balance to evoke sadness laughter and a slight bit of terror for kids There's a lot of humor in here for black audiences to really get a kick out of there's definitely an Acknowledgement of how black people would respond in situations like this that made me chuckle And I'm sure don't make a lot of you chuckle as well Laquise character Ben leads our story Ben is recovering from a recent loss He's down on his luck and feels alone with his grief his work here as Ben was truly remarkable that being stanfield I'm referring to again and there's a scene in the mansion where our core group gets together That truly gets to highlight the talent that Stanfield possesses I've always thought he was a tremendous talent and he's getting to demonstrate He's doing some of his best work honestly in this in this project if you saw my recent tweet I do have to say that he is doing a phenomenal job in this role I the more I see of him the more I continue to believe he'll be a part of something very memorable one day I know get out is memorable for any of my horror fans out there listening to this But I think Laquise Stanfield has a project ahead of him That is gonna really just put a light on just how great of a talent He is because he is on a whole another level in comparison to all his co-stars in this project Now I don't want to give too much detail away But it's a very sad moment that Laquise really just amplifying thanks to his heartbreaking facial expressions and his delivery Admittedly every performer gets their chance to shine, but Stanfield is who the story is mostly about Well him in Chase chase Dylan's character named Travis I believe as I mentioned none of these characters are worth really growing too attached to Travis Maybe because he's a kid and you don't want to see kids going through things And he's got a whole lot that's unpacked during this film that I'm sure a lot of kids might be able to connect to So if a lot of parents go end up seeing this movie with their child Hopefully they're able to bond with some of the material that's addressed in this movie As I mentioned none of them are Worth really growing too attached to but they all get a chance to demonstrate their very likeable personalities And that's enough to keep me interested in the bonds that Ben is forming with each and every one of them The theme of grief is handled. Well, and just in Simeon's direction. I have to say is quite phenomenal I think the script was kind of all over the place at times So if this ended up in anyone else's hands, maybe it would have been a train wreck The performances in the chemistry amongst the stars on the screen is this film's greatest strength again along with the Direction well the set designs are nice and Simeon's ability to capture the right amount of terror for any children watching and then shifting into the dramatic side of the story While also giving you jokes here and there It's it's all really just formulated very well in terms of its tone tonally This movie is a hit Tiffany Hattish hilarious as always Danny DeVito still one of the best talents working today Jamie Lee Curtis and we know the writer was solid for the amount of screen time that they had which was very little We know no it has less screen time than Curtis Curtis's performance did make me nostalgic for Jennifer Tillich as I grew up with that old three Eddie Murphy movie like many of You probably did but this was still a good outing for one of my favorite screen screen queen actresses Decent enough cinematography because I cannot stand how dull a lot of movies look these days So I appreciated the visuals in this project along with some of the camera work the very first time we meet Ben early on Again, the pacing was really this film's biggest problem. I don't see any Reason why it was two hours long. It could have been an hour and 30 minutes at best But for what they gave us it was still enjoyable, but there's those moments where you're watching is like Why is this still going on? Why are we still here? Let's stop showing this and start getting to the resolution But all in all I would call this a hit. I think many people will enjoy it. I enjoyed it It's just not the greatest thing ever. I would give it a seven out of ten Maybe a six and a half. I'm leaning somewhere between those two. I will say this the design or the CGI I guess the way Jared Leto's character looked If I didn't really like that design it basically looked like the Grinch if the Grinch hadn't eaten in several years Imagine this imagine the Grinch as a skeleton. It wasn't scary. None of that. It wasn't terrifying Jared Leto was okay, but the design of the character was quite bad in my opinion Let me know what you guys think about the haunted mention down in the comment section below if you haven't already Of course, make sure you subscribe turn on post notification in this video in the description I'll have links on my social media accounts. I am on a Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there Of course, let me see the movies news reviews I'm gonna cover in the future and with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video