Title: Cheap Carnival Ride
Review: The "thrills" in this film feel like you're going through the horror tunnel at your local fair, which is to say lots of loud sounds and things jumping out at you for no good reason other than to make you jump. This is neither creepy nor scary; it's just annoying.The plot of The Woman in Black is pretty weak to begin with, and the film does nothing to add substance to Susan Hill's shallow tale in which the weather is the most interesting character of all. Radcliffe is unimpressive, and while he is good enough to portray the one-dimensional Harry Potter, as Arthur Kipps he simply goes around moping the entire movie, failing to make us believe in the supposed heartache he is experiencing.On the production side, the film is well made; The cinematography sets a good atmosphere, and the house is perfectly creepy as the main location for the plot. In the end, however, The Woman in Black is a poorly acted dull-fest plagued by incessant formula horror cliches.
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