a slow story that has been seen before

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2012)

I had really high hopes for this movie after seeing the preview. Unfortunately the preview was the the only thing I ended up liking about this rubbish. After about an hour into this very slow paced movie I realized that this movie was just never going to get any good. Harry Potter does a great job in his first break out role but the story just comes up short with minimal scares and a crawling pace. The setting and time period have all the makings of a great spook flick. People were actually laughing out loud in the theater at how the mood would build up to something that was going to be chilling but then would fall flat. Big disappointment.