What Lies Beneath: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

But Beneath never reaches much beyond the surface, and what lies there is all too predictable.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Essentially, it's claptrap.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

What Lies Beneath is a big tease.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

For the audience, the picture is basically a 2-hour-and-10-minute chance to watch a major director and his leads in an exercise of self-indulgence.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Emanuel Levy Variety (Top Critic)

It's not spooky or stylish enough to become a must-see for the goodtimes-hungry summer masses.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

Pushes every obvious button and then fumbles around for some of the more recessed ones.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

20

Feels more planned than passionate.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Cross between Fatal Attraction, Poltergeist.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

40

It's just gimmick all the way.
Full Review » 5 years ago
John Venable Supercala.com

50

They could've cut 10 minutes out of the first hour easily...and it still might have been too slow.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

34

If the ghost can go hunt for the villain by itself, why does it bother writing cryptic messages to strangers?
Full Review » 7 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

63

Offers nothing original.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jeffrey Chen Window to the Movies

60

Nicely-crafted thriller ... [but] not a very deep movie.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

unarguably Pfeiffer's showcase: She's in almost every scene and she turns in captivating work under the direction of Robert Zemeckis, a filmmaker who knows how to show his audience a very good time.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Considerando-se o talento dos protagonistas do projeto, e impossivel nao pensar que o resultado poderia ter sido muito melhor.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Guide

25

Most of the “boo” moments are obvious a mile off, which makes it hard to be properly frightened, or even startled.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium

67

The only flaw in What Lies Beneath is that the artists involved are clearly swinging for the fences. The best they can manage here is a ground rule double.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine

38

Pfeiffer almost single-handedly lifts the picture above mediocrity.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Brian Webster Apollo Guide

71

I'll take this genuine, if not terribly original, creepiness over the latest self-conscious teen slasher flick any day of the week.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio

Is there anybody out there seriously interested in seeing Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer doing the nasty?
Full Review » 11 years ago
Harvey S. Karten Compuserve

70

The overlong piece goes off in all directions needlessly, confusing the audience without handing us a villain who is at all believable.
Full Review » 12 years ago
John Hartl Seattle Times

As it approaches the two-hour mark, the picture abandons all attempts at credibility and turns itself into a near-parody of the kinds of horror films Scream and Scary Movie have already mocked to death.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kevin Maynard Mr. Showbiz

What Lies Beneath is startlingly shallow even for a summer movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

50

The stellar trio of director Robert Zemeckis and stars Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer have pooled their Oscar-winning and -nominated talents to make a classy... slasher film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola

63

Zemeckis debuta dentro del genero de terror con resultados mas bien irregulares
Full Review » 12 years ago