The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Relativity Media | Release Date: January 2, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 30, 2014
This inevitably doesn’t have the charge of the first story, but it is still interestingly weird and dreamlike, and quite disturbing. A commercially driven sequel, sure – but still effective. Read full review
60
Total FilmMatt GlasbyDec 30, 2014
Harper’s well-appointed sequel has strong performances even if the Woman becomes a supporting character in her own tale. Read full review
60
EmpireOlly RichardsDec 30, 2014
A much bolder, braver horror sequel than most. Except for a wispy ending, it’s a match for the first. Read full review
50
The DissolveKeith PhippsJan 5, 2015
It’s a handsome disappointment, fast food masquerading as fine dining. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonJan 3, 2015
The Woman in Black 2 might have served as an effective tribute to movies like "Curse of the Cat People." That is, if it hadn't completely squandered all this goodwill in its last third. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigJan 3, 2015
Despite its patina of stylishness, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is sorely lacking in thrills. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJan 2, 2015
Redundancy is about all it offers, despite an entirely new set of characters and a story set 40 years after the early 20th-century original. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 1, 2015
The director, Tom Harper, seems less interested in allegory than in monotonous, conventional goosing, the kind that involves flickering lights and a creaky rocking chair. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJan 1, 2015
Reliant on suspense rather than gore, this is functional middle-brow psychological horror and screenwriter Joe Croker finds plenty of tired haunted house tropes he’s happy to recycle in adapting material from Susan Hill’s original novel. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 1, 2015
The new installment is, at best, a serviceable creep show, one with far more chills than thrills. Read full review
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New York PostSara StewartJan 1, 2015
Director Tom Harper (“War Book”) defaults too often to gotcha scares, which is disappointing. Read full review
50
Village VoiceSimon AbramsJan 1, 2015
Flawed but genuinely creepy ghost story The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is disappointing, but only because it comes close to greatness. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezDec 31, 2014
The film ends up cheapening its sense of empathy in its final mad rush to subject audiences to every incarnation of the jump scare imaginable. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJan 3, 2015
Any tension created during its key moments completely evaporates once the lights come back on. The Woman may be back for another fright, but Angel of Death doesn't haunt like it should. Read full review
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TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 1, 2015
Every good idea this sequel has to offer winds up taking a backseat to the most obvious cat-in-the-closet “BOO!” moments imaginable. Read full review
40
CineVueScott DavisJan 8, 2015
There will be those for whom Angel of Death provides precisely what they are after, but a couple of brief flashes of quality aren't capable of making the film anything close to creepy enough. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanJan 3, 2015
The darkened rooms and spooky fog are undeniably gorgeous. Teen horror buffs will be bored but design majors and sketchpad artists may find themselves inspired. Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 3, 2015
It’s a dour, drab, dark movie, enlivened by some moderately effective chills in the first half but ultimately undone by its downbeat aimlessness. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyJan 3, 2015
It’s murky and unsatisfying. Read full review
40
VarietyScott FoundasJan 1, 2015
A handsomely made but dramatically inert and not very scary sequel. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonDec 30, 2014
It quickly devolves into predictable shock tactics, drippy wartime romance and scenes in which the characters leaf tremulously through Victorian photo albums and spout exposition. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 3, 2015
A few cheap jolts is all director Tom Harper can manage in this minimal gloom. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 7, 2015
What’s missing from The Woman in Black 2, and what it needs most and has least of all, is suspense. Read full review
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