This one is for Teenagers. My cousins LOVED IT!

Rating: 7/10 (3 February 2012)

"The Woman in Black" starts off by setting a mood, a Gothic mood, a creepy mood, a strange mood, but as you begin to understand just what is going on, you begin to let go of Harry Potter, and just allow the picture to entertain you.
It is about a lawyer played by Daniel Radcliffe who has had a terrible loss in his own life. His tragedy has effected his performance at his work and is on his last warning. He embarks on an interesting journey to research the death of an entire family in a recluse house that hosts its own graveyard, and woods. The house is separated from town by an area that floods during the high tide and is also a murky, mucky, black, dirty, swamp of sorts. He is there to investigate the estate but soon realizes that the townsfolk isn't too fond of his presence. After this, the scares start to jump out from everywhere. If you love those sorts of movies and enjoy Pg-13 trillers, then this is a great movie. If you are looking for Daniel's escape from "Harry" then you may want to wait for a later film since this film doesn't really allow him to improvise because of the straight forward, linear, style of directing. The shadows are realistic, the lighting is dark and the picture is desaturated. The desaturation is a good choice, but in my opinion, I would have been more interested in this film if it had been done in black and white.
There are some good memorable parts so I give it some credit for doing some things I have never seen before. Decent entertainment, but not for the adult crowd. I would take my 13 year old to it, but 17 and up might be disappointed because of the lack of horror.
The acting by Daniel hits the mark, but the character he plays is just not that interesting, but he is on the other hand very good at being what connects the younger viewers to the scares. But where I think the film detaches itself from the audience is where it uses visuals instead of on screen emotion to scare the audience, let alone allowing the audience to put their own emotion into the film. The Gothic, semi-monochrome style of the film doesn't do much in the way of telling the story but does add to the dreariness of the setting. And that is where the film sets itself apart from others.
Overall, don't expect much in the way of thinking here and it is really is not for the horror fan. Although I would recommend it to the teenage crowd looking for a scary ride.