Michael S (YLOWBSTARDreturns)

A great and fitting conclusion to the Millennium Trilogy. Stronger than "The Girl Who Played with Fire," this film brings the whole series together in a tense and satisfying way. The court scenes are gripping and the final moments between Lisbeth and Mikael are perfectly sweet and touching. The film hits all the right notes, ensuring a standout trilogy gets the ending it deserves.

As a production, "The Woman in Black" in an accomplished work. As a film it falls short. The scenery, mood, score, and attention to period detail are all top notch but the story is uninspired and uninvolving. Daniel Radcliffe is good in his role (which he seems too young for) but I didn't buy his character's motivations for a second. Though few and far between, there are some good creeps and jump scares, but they are spliced into a picture that has a plodding pace and is pretty drab most of the way through. By the end we are left with a totally unsatisfying conclusion that really doesn't sit well. All that negativity aside the film maintains strong technical merits and I did enjoy the atmosphere and throwback, ghost story nature. Having seen "Insidious" however, it seems now more than ever that what "The Woman in Black" has to offer doesn't quite cut it.