It was an awsome movie, a must see. It really makes you jump out of your seat! Some people said that "The Blair Witch Project" was really scary, but "What Lies Beneath" is so much better!!! It's a movie that must be seen in theaters, because of the sound effects. If you have the chance, go see it, you won't regret it!!

10/10
vgrigorita@ - first review
29.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Definitely to see. A lot of suspense, and keeps you on the edge for the duration of the movie even though some scenes are like "Déjà vu" from other movies. Surprised to see H. Ford and M. Pfeiffer in a thriller which was a good change.

8/10
ramroum@ - first review
28.7.2000 - age: 36-49

Great movie!!! If you thought "The Sixed Sense" was a thriller, wait till you see this one. Guys: great movie for a date. Ladies: perfect opportunity to snuggle!!!

9/10
smakoukji@ - first review
28.7.2000 - age: 26-35

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Don't pay to go see this movie, wait to rent it on video... Nothing new, they make you jump of your seat for nothing and most of the times it's the same way they did in the past 20 years (IE, Dog that push a door and you thought it was somebody, hand that grab a foot, ... ) I was very disapointed by the movie, good thing they are good actors because the story and the way the film was made... The rate would have been probably a 2.

5/10
fred4gues@ - 2 reviews
27.7.2000 - age: 26-35

Aside from a 5-minute jolt near the end (which actually wasn't that scary anyways), this movie is extremely boring and long and just keeps dragging on and on.

3/10
khalkhalash@ - 3 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 18-25

A really fantastic movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat. So many unexpected twists and turns. One of the best movies I have ever seen!!

10/10
mdiiorio@ - 3 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 18-25

The movie was boring. Nothing new. If it hadn't been for the people behind me pushing on my seat every time a scary scene came on, I'd have fallen asleep. I spent quite a bit of time watching the time on my watch, waiting for the movie to finish. I would't see it again.

5/10
garys@ - 3 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 36-49

WOW, this is definitely one of the best movies I have seen this year. The storyline is great, but what makes this film a masterpiece is the continuous suspense. You are shocked from beginning to end. The soundtrack is also incredible. Pfeiffer led a stunning performance and Ford was good too. I strongly recommend this movie to people who enjoy being thrilled. I also suggest it that you watch it in a theater with a large screen, it becomes much more intense. Overall, I totally loved "What Lies Beneath".

10/10
michmania@ - 24 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Good movie - ending became a bit slow though...

8/10
kharma@ - 9 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 18-25

A good movie, but a little predictable for avid movie goers.

7/10
scikie@ - 2 reviews
26.7.2000 - age: 26-35

Wow! This movie was great! Both actors were excellent and there was a lot of suspense and unexpected things that happended. Its a really good horror movie.

9/10
elias2112@ - 11 reviews
25.7.2000 - age: 13-17

Wow, I can not believe this film has an average rating of 8! I was very dissapointed. The first half was somewhat thrilling, in that it seemed it was leading into something good, but not only was the second half of the movie bad, it did not build on anything that happened in the first half. Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford did a good job of acting, but unfortunately, the writting was down right dissapointing. If you really must, I suggest you see this on video.

3/10
lips@ - 5 reviews
25.7.2000 - age: 26-35

It was so funny.

10/10
jehad106@ - first review
25.7.2000 - age: 1-12

Made me jump a few times out of my seat, very captive and intriguing. Harrison and Michelle make it happen.

8/10
silvertint@ - 4 reviews
25.7.2000 - age: 26-35

A good movie, but I regretted having paid full fare for it. A cross between Fatal Attraction and Sixth Sense, if you enjoy long, lingering tight shots of Harrison Ford [yum! Yum! ] and Michelle Pfeiffer and overdrawn suspense go see it. Not the best movie I've ever seen but not the worst either. Beautiful setting and if you're into home decor, there's plenty to feast your eyes on here.

7/10
glamour_girl@ - first review
25.7.2000 - age: 36-49

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I liked the first part of this movie, because I could imagine myself getting scared by strange noises and other little things, but then this whole part (where she thinks the neighbour murdered his wife) turns out to have absolutely nothing to do with the "real story". I have no idea what it was there for. Because of the inclusion of this irrelevant beginning, this movie is unnecessarily long. After about an hour I kept checking the time, hoping it would be over soon. I did not like the mix of supernatural and "natural" elements. You wonder if it's a ghost or if there's some other explanation, and the answer turns out to be "both".

5/10
corneliaskitchen@ - 11 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Wow! This movie is stunning and so scary that it will haunt you for a few days. Robert Zemeckis does an excellent job. Michelle is outstanding!

10/10
m-cady@ - 3 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

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What Lies Beneath" opens with an hour or so of standard thriller scare tactics, done effectively, and then plops into a morass of absurdity. Lacking a smarter screenplay, it milks the genuine skills of its actors and director for more than it deserves, and then runs off the rails in an ending more laughable than scary. Along the way, yes, there are some good moments. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Claire Spencer, the happily married wife of Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford), a scientist. They're renovating his old family house on the shores of a lake--a house, which, when she is home alone, seems haunted--with doors that open by themselves, picture frames that keep falling over, a tub that fills itself, a dog that barks at invisible menaces and a neighbor who has possibly murdered his wife. Gruff, no-nonsense Dr. Spencer of course dismisses his wife's fears and sends her to a psychiatrist. All of her early scenes are reasonable enough, even if the doors open themselves two or three times more than necessary. It's when we start to learn the motivation for the manifestations that we grow first restless, finally incredulous. There's a bag of tricks that skillful horror directors use, and they're employed here by Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future, " "Forrest Gump"), who has always wanted, he says, to make a suspense film--"perhaps the kind of film Hitchcock would have done in his day, " according to his producer, Jack Rapke. Hitchcock would not, however, have done this film in his day or any other day, because Hitchcock would have insisted on rewrites to remove the supernatural and explain the action in terms of human psychology, however abnormal. Zemeckis does quote Hitchcock; there's a scene where Pfeiffer spies on a neighbor with binoculars and is shocked to see the neighbor spying back, and we are reminded of "Rear Window. " He also uses such dependable devices as harmless people who suddenly enter the frame and startle the heroine. And mirrors that suddenly reveal figures reflected in them. And shots where we are looking at a character in front of windows, and the camera slowly pans, causing us to expect a face to appear in the window. All of these devices are used with journeyman thoroughness in "What Lies Beneath, " but they are only devices, and we know it. Late in the film, when the heroine walks close to the hand of a character who is assumed to be dead, the audience laughs because it knows--or thinks it knows--that in a horror film no one is ever really dead on the first try. Such devices at least involve the physical world and the laws of nature as we understand them. What's happening in the supernatural scenes I leave you to decide; I think some of them are supposed to be real, others hallucinations, others seen in different ways by different characters. Pfeiffer is very good in the movie; she is convincing and sympathetic and avoids the most common problem for actors in horror films--she doesn't overreact. Her character remains self-contained and resourceful, and the sessions with the psychiatrist (Joe Morton) are masterpieces of people behaving reasonably in the face of Forces Beyond Their Comprehension. Ford is the most reliable of actors, capable of many things, here required to be Harrison Ford. The Law of Economy of Character Development requires that his husband be other than he seems, since he isn't needed as his wife's confidant and sidekick (Diana Scarwid's character fills that slot). As for the possibly wife-killing neighbor, I can forgive that red herring almost anything because it pays off in a flawless sight gag at a party. I've tried to play fair and not give away plot elements. That's more than the ads have done. The trailer of this movie thoroughly demolishes the surprises; if you've seen the trailer, you know what the movie is about, and all of the suspense of the first hour is superfluous for you, including major character revelations. Don't directors get annoyed when they create suspense and the marketing sabotages their efforts? The modern studio approach to trailers is copied from those marketing people who stand in the aisles of supermarkets, offering you a bite of sausage on a toothpick. When you taste it, you know everything there is to be known about the sausage, except what it would be like to eat all of it. Same with the trailer for "What Lies Beneath. " I like the approach where you can smell the sausage but not taste it. You desire it just as much, but the actual experience is still ahead of you. Trailers that give us a smell and not a taste; that's what we need.

1/10
cesca2000@ - 10 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

The first half of this film was very spooky but then it became predictable and it could not live up to the first half. The Hitchcock approach was good, his style is guaranteed a few scares but overall this is a slightly better than average thriller. See it on a cheap day.

6/10
eman@ - 49 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

It's just a bunch of clichés with a story line that could of been written by a ten year old!!! No suspense... No thrills, no nothing! Save your money! A very corny ending too!!! NO CREATIVITY!!!

2/10
notrevoix@ - 6 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

Saw it yesterday... Still got chills! Love the beginning and the ending. I was jumping out of my seat. Good movie and good actors. I would recommend to my friends to go see it. Two thumbs up for me!

9/10
siri_boulom@ - 8 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

It rocks man, movie to go see! If anyone has nothin' to do and wants to see a movie go see what lies beneath! And forget about scary movie!

10/10
tanya_sofianos@ - 2 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 13-17

Amazing movie and great acting. Be warned: its really scary.

10/10
sambrose@ - 7 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 18-25

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DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME (OR MONEY) SEEING THIS MOVIE!!! It has been awhile since a movie has been released that has had such lazy screen writing as this. The last five minutes of the movie ruins everything that comes before it. In a pathetic attempt to emulate a Sixth Sense twist ending, What Lies Beneath crosses the line from suspense to utter farce.

4/10
jblack@ - first review
24.7.2000 - age: 26-35

This movie just plain gives you the willies, a must see!

8/10
flint@ - 17 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Was pushing all the way for a clear 8 or 9 but the ending just killed the emotion of the movie and was just dragging on...

6/10
riduk_0099@ - 2 reviews
24.7.2000 - age: 18-25

It's been a long time we did not see that kind of good ( well done ) movies... must 2 see.

9/10
ku23149@ - first review
23.7.2000 - age: 26-35

I am not a very big fan of thriller movies, but I must admit that this one was excellent! Both main actors were great and the story is just plain FREAKY!!! It is not like any other movie I have ever seen and the plot line is good. Everyone should see this movie, but do not watch it late at night... It does get SCARY!!!

8/10
mdoughan@ - first review
23.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Wow, this was a totally cool movie. It's so unpredictable and the plot it very interesting. The actors are so good, you know never know what are they going to do next. It has a great deal of horror in it but there are also some little jokes.

10/10
arjetagusinjac@ - 40 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 13-17

This movie was pretty good. The problem is that the reviews and synopses about this movie ruins the first half of the movie. When you see this for the first time, the beginning will seem to drag because of the fact that you know who is behind you know what.

7/10
vinlee30@ - 3 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 26-35

While watching this movie, I was clutching on to my friend beside me, waiting for the next horror to occur. I like to be scared, and this was the perfect movie to experience that. It was well directed, but the story was unoriginal, and the ending was predictable.

7/10
lizzyis@ - 4 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Excellent movie! Ford did a great job! A must see.

8/10
sansari@ - 3 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Blah! Blah! Blah! Its a chick flick.

6/10
octane_eddy@ - 2 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 18-25

This will is a classic thriller. Very intellegent and well acted. Ford and Pfeiffer are dynamic together on the screen. I didn't want it to end. This IS the first "MUST SEE" this year.

9/10
claudech@ - 2 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 36-49

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This was a very good suspense movie. However, there were 2 parts that were predictable. I can't say what they were because it would spoil the movie but for those of you who watch the movie, you will notice 2 conversations that happen in the beginning that don't seem to have anything to do with anything at the time (it does have something to do at the end of the movie).

8/10
computer_expert@ - 39 reviews
23.7.2000

Scary, great story line. It was a little too long for a thriller though. Otherwise, a good movie.

7/10
tiaamat@ - 9 reviews
23.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Finally a horror movie worth seeing. Zemeckies is a real fine artist. To the pure Hitchcock style, he recreated the "smart" horror flick. Even paying hommage to the master himself, by recreating scenes obviously inspired by such classics as; Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho and Marnie. Not only did the Forest Gump director only recreated scenes, he also took some clichés Alfred Hitchcock took in his films, for example; beautiful women, a staircase, alcohol, an splendid car scenes... This intense film, has a powerful and intense soundtrack as well. We can directly link this with the superb music Bernard Hermann composed for many of Hitchcock's classics. Robert Zemeckis took a close attention to the visual details in this film. Making smart suspenseful camera movements. Taking the present special effect technology, without taking it to a level which would give it a overly done display of cinematographical stupidity, in occurence Star Wars... !! Pfeiffer is stunning in this drama. We are reminded of maybe Tippy Hedren or the beautiful Grace Kelly. Her portrail of a woman slowly going mad is perhaps one of the most charming aspects of this film. Ford delivers a powerhouse performance as always, I would even say, slightly more incredible in this one. We can't help but notice an interesting mix of Normand Bate (Psycho) and Scottie Ferguson (Vertigo). Not just Hitchcock has Zemeckis been inspired or influenced in this film, but numerous movies and directors. I saw a scene, which I thought was inspired by the "big" film, Titanic. I saw a direct link to last years block buster "The Sixth Sense" with visuals almost as good as that scary thriller. I did also detect a hint of the classic terror film, Cape Fear, with a deadly twist and mindbending conclusion. For all of you who are sick of all that comercial dog crap, like Pokemon or X-men, and want to re-live the days when acting and film making was an art, please by all means, SEE this film... .

10/10
ssmith@ - 4 reviews
22.7.2000 - age: 18-25

Entertaining and full of suspence. Good acting by Pfeiffer.

7/10
blorange72@ - 7 reviews
22.7.2000 - age: 26-35

Good movie. It kept me wondering what was going on in a good way - very suspenseful. Ford and Pfeiffer have great chemistry on screen. I would give it 7/10.

7/10
pamela@ - 2 reviews
22.7.2000 - age: 26-35

Very jumpy movie!

9/10
marc_c@ - first review
22.7.2000 - age: 18-25

This movie was well done, the suspense was great. What Lies Beneath is a must see.

9/10
chiney_eyes@ - 2 reviews
22.7.2000 - age: 13-17

It's good but not great. Don't expect a movie hight on suspence. There are not many, but when there is suspence, it's very well done, people were jumping, women were screeming. Don't pay full price at night, go on a tuesday.

7/10
loserdave@ - 69 reviews
21.7.2000 - age: 26-35

I just got back from seeing it and loved it. The supence was great I jumped. I will tell my friends to make sure they see. Will worth the money...

8/10
n39s@ - first review
21.7.2000 - age: 36-49

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