The Woman in Black. This flick brings new meaning to the phrase "no child left behind". Admittedly, I never really had a good grasp on what the old meaning entailed, but this movie is far more entertainingly successful anyway.
Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) is a young attorney. Arthur is also in a lot of emotional pain from the loss of his wife, who died giving birth to the young couples only son, four years prior. Arthur has never really recovered and it's showing in his work. Therefore, the personal pressure mounts as he's sent from London to the boonies to put the affairs in order of the departed Drablow family. He quickly learns that the Drablow's have a dark past, of which the dreaded Woman in Black is an unfortunate part. She's a local legend who is terrorizing these small town folks to the tune of killing a local kid everytime someone spots her. Arthur's appearance means trouble for the town polks, as the legend originated at the Drablow homestead. Yadayadayada Arthur stirs up plenty of WiB sightings on his way to trying to solve the mystery that will either save the town's future or cost him his own.
It's good. Very good, actually. I'll give it a solid 4.0 Stars, which is high praise indeed considering that I have been looking for quite some time for a flick to freak-my-freak! The Woman in Black provides a sound and interesting storyline that is well-told and well-acted. This one is along the lines of Sixth Sense and The Others in the sense that its 'freak' really comes from a well-thought out plot.
The plot makes it or breaks it with me in this genre, which explains why my freak has remained neatly in tact for quite sometime. I don't give a damn about 'blood and guts' scary movies, where the climax is a murderous chase scene rather than the unveiling of a masterminded plot. No, I want a scary movie to work my mind a little bit and this one comes through. Sure, you've got plenty of moments that make you jump a bit...those have never really worked on me, but admittedly I might have left my right sock in the second to last row at The Pinnacle's 13th screen last night. But--I know many 'jumpy' moments had a pretty packed theatre on the edge of their seats. And, I'm not just talking about the chatty middle school girls behind us, mind you...no, the lady four seats to my left crept up on the edge of her seat at the thirty minute mark and stayed their for the film's final sixty minutes.
In short, no complaints about this movie whatsoever...unless, that is, you don't go see this intense and suspenseful flick and see it BIG! Then, the Woman in Black might just call on you.
True...OUT!
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