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starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar John Anderson - Newsday
starstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Ernest Hardy - Film.com
star Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
  Susan Stark - Detroit News

To my surprise, I find myself recommending The Haunting on the basis of its locations, its sets, its art direction, its sound design, and the overall splendor of its visuals

- Roger Ebert

So incoherent and misguided that it almost defies rational discussion

- Susan Stark

The Haunting

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Three insomniacs are lured to a haunted house, ostensibly to participate in a sleep-disorder study. Based on Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House." Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Owen Wilson, Marian Seldes, Bruce Dern, Virginia Madsen. Director: Jan de Bont (1999, PG-13)

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