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It had been a year since Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) betrayed his beautiful wife Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer). But with Claire oblivious to the truth, Norman's life and marriage seem so perfect that when Claire tells him of hearing mysterious voices and seeing a young woman's image in their home, he dismisses her terror as delusion. Claire moves closer to the truth and it becomes clear that this apparition will not be dismissed, and has come back for Dr. Spencer and his beautiful wife.

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Robert Zemeckis is unable to salvage an uncompelling and unoriginal film.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Cross between Fatal Attraction, Poltergeist.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

Most of the “boo” moments are obvious a mile off, which makes it hard to be properly frightened, or even startled.

Rated: D+

May 8, 2002

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this formulaic but highly enjoyable supernatural thriller from director Robert Zemeckis.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 9, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

It's hard to fault Zemeckis for doing Hitchcock when he does it this well.

Rated: 4.5/5

Dec 30, 2020

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David Nusair

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It's ultimately impossible not to label What Lies Beneath as a missed opportunity that could and should have been much, much better...

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 15, 2016

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Christopher J its pretty generic but still entertaining Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Melissa M This is such an underrated movie! The thriller/suspense & unexpected turns are riveting. Definitely worth the watch. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Carlos I It's surprising to me to see this with such low reviews. It's a solid psychosexual thriller. It's basically Zemeckis doing Hitchcock. He's not knocking it out of the park, but he's doing it well enough. Pfeiffer also kills in it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review Elias P Michelle Pfeiffer gave it her all in this film it can be felt and seen and almost every scene. This film should be dubbed queen of all thrillers! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review R T Watching this in 2024 its a reminder of a time when a movie was written by adults, directed by adults and acted with adults with only a story to tell. You may or not appreciate the plot (I did) but this is story telling like a movie is supposed to be. Refreshing. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/26/24 Full Review Dani G Some kind of predictable from the halfway point more or less... Also, Harrison Ford is not that type of bad guy; not the role for him Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert Zemeckis Director Harrison Ford Norman Spencer Michelle Pfeiffer Claire Spencer Diana Scarwid Jody Miranda Otto Mary Feur James Remar Warren Feur

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