LADY IN WHITE tackles a ghost story, comedy, racism and family in a movie that doesn't quite deliver all the goods but I liked it for what it was.
Young Frankie Scarlatti, upon having a trick played on him by two smart ass classmates, is locked in the cloakroom (closet-whatever you want to call it) of his school and witnesses the murder of a little girl. Only thing is, what he is witnessing is the girl's ghost being murdered as what happened 10 years ago replays right there before Frankie's eyes. Suddenly, the man who did this returns to look for the school ring he lost that night he murdered the young girl because he knows that the school's heating system is being renewed and if the ring is found he'll certainly be caught and sent to jail. That's when he spots Frankie and starts to strangle him. But somehow Frankie survives and his father shows up and Frankie is carted off to the hospital. The police automatically haul off the black janitor of the school to jail because he was the only one in the building at the time these events happened. He was there because he got drunk and fell asleep. Makes sense to me. Anyway, the young girl's ghost returns and helps Frankie (and even his older turd of a brother) figure out who the real culprit is. Unfortunately for the janitor, this is too late. In one of the most shocking scenes in a movie like this, the janitor is shot to death outside of the Court House, after he is let free, by one of the dead children's mothers (this killer killed quite a few kids). What I mean by shocking is that this scene doesn't really fit a movie of this nature but would of been more suited for a much more riveting film. LADY IN WHITE is not riveting by any means what-so-ever but I sure did enjoy myself while watching it.
Young Frankie Scarlatti, upon having a trick played on him by two smart ass classmates, is locked in the cloakroom (closet-whatever you want to call it) of his school and witnesses the murder of a little girl. Only thing is, what he is witnessing is the girl's ghost being murdered as what happened 10 years ago replays right there before Frankie's eyes. Suddenly, the man who did this returns to look for the school ring he lost that night he murdered the young girl because he knows that the school's heating system is being renewed and if the ring is found he'll certainly be caught and sent to jail. That's when he spots Frankie and starts to strangle him. But somehow Frankie survives and his father shows up and Frankie is carted off to the hospital. The police automatically haul off the black janitor of the school to jail because he was the only one in the building at the time these events happened. He was there because he got drunk and fell asleep. Makes sense to me. Anyway, the young girl's ghost returns and helps Frankie (and even his older turd of a brother) figure out who the real culprit is. Unfortunately for the janitor, this is too late. In one of the most shocking scenes in a movie like this, the janitor is shot to death outside of the Court House, after he is let free, by one of the dead children's mothers (this killer killed quite a few kids). What I mean by shocking is that this scene doesn't really fit a movie of this nature but would of been more suited for a much more riveting film. LADY IN WHITE is not riveting by any means what-so-ever but I sure did enjoy myself while watching it.