Seriously lacking in plot and originality

Rating: 4/10 (30 March 2013)

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a ticket to the preview of this film. It was shown at an exclusive event, in a magniloquent fashion. The hype aside, the film was merely another duplicate of a stereotypical horror movie. Apart from the amenity of the milieu and the superfluous display attesting the competence of its cast, The woman in black is a replica of an average ghost themed movie at best.
Jump scares, strange noises, tall shadows and an air of imminent terror - predictable and boasting at the same time. Daniel Radcliffe as the protagonist is perhaps the greatest blunder about this film. He only works as an alibi, an attempt to assure the audience that this movie is interesting material and has something worth watching in it, aka has Good ol' Harry Potter in it.
In all fairness, it's pretty OK anyway. It's not living up to the standards I have for the horror movies that I enjoy but it works as entertainment and visual stimuli. If you like to be crippled by fear and disgust when watching horror (I do!), this won't do it for you. But if you like Poe, Burton and Gothic misery/visual poetry I think you might like this one.
I rated it 4 solely because of the awesome and beautiful landscapes, decorations, costumes, environments and details. Also, it was pretty clever in a way because of how sounds were used. But overall not scary in the slightest and that's what I wanted so I'm disappointed.