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The Woman in Black
A decent ending can't save a lackluster screenplay

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Stuckey, Alexia Osborne, Alfie Field, Sidney Johnston
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material, Violence/Disturbing Images)
Daniel Radcliffe has done it again with another amazing performance; however, great acting is all that this movie has to offer. At roughly 95 minutes in length, The Woman in Black is painful to watch. The story moves incredibly slow in this short film, and vaguely describes what is going on. The viewer will more than likely be confused until about 75 minutes in. At this point, things do pick up a bit, but it is not enough to save the dreadful screenplay.
The plot is vague and confusing at first, and as I stated earlier, it takes the movie about 75 minutes to explain what is going on. Albert Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer from London, arrives in a remote village to take care of the estate of a deceased woman. However, when Kipps arrives, children start randomly dying. That is all we know for most of the movie.
For the most part, The Woman in Black is your typical horror movie. Director James Watkins uses the old horror film tricks to make the audience jump. For example, faces randomly appearing with a loud noise to accompany. Seriously Watkins, these tricks are getting old. Shame on you for making the audience jump with a loud noise. Loud noises do not make a good horror film. When I wet my bed from a horrific nightmare, then I know I have seen a good horror film, and I will not be breaking out the rubber sheets tonight.
Any slow-moving movie that is only 95 minutes in length is a recipe for disaster. Granted that the last 20 minutes are incredibly good, it is not worth sitting for over an hour to get to see something decent. If you are planning to see this movie in the theater, don’t. Save your money for the rental and find a better film to watch on the silver screen. It is hard to say anything that is overall positive about this movie other than that Radcliffe’s performance is great.
Score: 2 1/2 out of 5
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