Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire... (Full plot summary below)
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Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.
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| Screen It!Jim JudySomething of a "guilty pleasure" simply due to the fun house type thrills it offers, What Lies Beneath isn't great, but it's good enough. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyAs it unwinds, What Lies becomes both masterful and preposterous. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamGoes Hitchcock one better by imagining what it would be like if the master had the advantage of digital technology. |
| New York PostLou LumenickIf you're able to check your brain at the popcorn stand, you'll stand a much better chance of enjoying this crowd pleaser. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumBears the weight of too many genres jostling for screen time. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAn uncommonly playful fright machine -- a fun house factory of scares. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA few scenes indulge in overstated hokum or thriller clichés, but Pfeiffer is first-rate and several sequences are suspenseful enough to deserve that overused adjective, Hitchcockian. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA classy supernatural lady-in-distress thriller. |
| Georgia StraightSteve NewtonWith What Lies Beneath, Zemeckis finally combines his fondness for fright flicks with the character-driven drama of his best work, and the result is one doozy of a ghost story. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxThe 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. |
