This spooky ghost story set in England tells of a young widowed lawyer named Arthur Kipps who travels to a small town to go over the affairs of an old estate. While there, Arthur sees a ghost which triggers an old curse. To keep the curse from ruining his life he must solve a mystery and set things right. This is Daniel Radcliffe's first performance since playing Harry Potter and I have to say he impressed me. He's certainly a gifted actor and I hope he can crawl from out of Harry's persona. Without giving away too much I'll just say that I enjoyed this film, stereotypical scary movie tricks and all, until the ending which disappoints. Directed by James Watkins. Grade: B.
Spoiler Alert: About the ending, what annoyed me wasn't that Arthur Kipps dies with his son. It's that Arthur Kipps' ghost wife doesn't try an stop the Woman in black. I kept expecting her to shield her son from the Woman in Black's influence. I know that might make for a Hollywood ending but if dying isn't that awful why should anyone be scarred of dying it it just means reuniting with your loved ones.
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