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Director: James Watkins
Writers: Susan Hill (novel), Jane Goldman (screenplay)
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.
Rotten Tomatoes: By Flixter
Rating: 6/10
Traditional to a fault, The Woman in Black foregoes gore for chills -- although it may not provide enough of them for viewers attuned to more modern, high-stakes horror.....Read Full Review
Rolling Stone: By Peter Travers
Rating: 2.5/4
The Woman in Black doesn't break new ground, but in its suggestions of fine film ghost stories, from The Innocents to The Others and The Orphanage, it works you over with riveting restraint.....Read Full Review
Entertainment Weekly: By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Grade: B-
An old-fashioned, tastefully constrained supernatural thriller, The Woman in Black embraces the elements of gothic horror movies with pleasing seriousness.....Read Full Review
Globe and Mail: By Liam Lacey
Rating: 2.5/4
Though Radcliffe occasionally seems too stiffly callow to be completely convincing in this grown-up role, the movie is a proficient thriller with a potential appeal beyond the star's fan-girl audience.....Read Full Review
Washington Post: By Michael O'Sulliva
Rating: 2/4
Watkins knows how to make a body jump out of its skin, even if he does use the face-reflected-in-the-mirror/window trick once too often. At the same time, the film is kind of, well, silly.....Read Full Review
Los Angeles Times: By Sheri Linden
Rating: 3.5/5
If the story is laid out none too subtly, its straightforward purity is, finally, its greatest strength.....Read Full Review
New York Times: By Manhola Dargis
Rating: 3.5/5
Schooled in the art of the quiet boo, Mr. Watkins fills the film with squeaking doors and floorboards, pools of black, long silences and an assortment of moldering toys.....Read Full Review
