Monday, February 6, 2012

The Woman In Black

The Woman in Black definitely had me on the edge of my seat. At one point I even screamed out loud because I was so surprised. The film takes place in England during the early 1900's. The film is about a lawyer called Arthur Kipps, played by Daniel Radcliffe. He is sent to this small remote village where he must look over the estate papers for a recently deceased woman. When Arthur arrives he finds that the village has a dark and terrible past. Young children tend to disappear and die in horrible and unexpected ways.

Arthur stays at the remote mansion looking for information. He slowly sees that not only does the house have a terrible history but it has an ever present woman in black. She appears in the corner of a room or down a dark hallway of out in the garden. Every time she is seen something unspeakable happens in the village. So Arthur must dive into the past of the mansion and learn the dark family history that haunts the grounds.

Over all I was very impressed with the performances by Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaron Hinds as Mr. Daily. I am sure that many people are going to have the same problem....can you see Daniel as anyone other than Harry Potter. This character is far from Harry Potter and Daniel owns this character. I only made Harry Potter jokes twice during the movie. They were under my breath when he was wondering in the house....all I could think was Lumos Maxima! Sad but very true.

The movie is not gory it's more intense an jumpy. There is only blood in it once maybe twice. Nothing you can't handle. I will tell you to be ready to jump out of your seat! So many surprising moments that are loud and sudden but it's all good stuff. Most of the movie is Daniel walking around inside the mansion with a very serious look on his face. The mansion is a character in itself. It is powerful and has a personality in it's wide open spaces. I love the mansion and wish I could live in it....preferably Spirit Free!

As for who should see this movie, I would say teens are ok for this movie but I wouldn't go younger. Like I said this is NOT Harry Potter so don't think that just because it's Daniel they should see it.

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