Does anyone else consider it a happy ending?

The woman in black killed the boy for revenge. The ending is interesting because it's a sad and happy ending at the same time. Sad they lost their lives, but happy because they're reunited as a family and their souls will rest unlike the others who were killed.

It's more of a bittersweet ending, similar to the one in The Orphanage.

If so, it's as close to a copout as could possibly be with this material. Has no one read the book? The woman in black suddenly becomes sympathetic and forgiving?

Agree with the thought that it was a spoilt victory. She indeed went for the child but instead of the child getting "lost" like all other dead children, he's saved (so to speak) by his father Kipps who (probably) were helped by the good ghost of Kipps' wife in getting reunited with her in afterlife instead of being lost.

I think that it was Kipps` courage that made it a "good" ending. Whatever the WiB`s motive was,once again he stood up to her-as he had all through the film- and overcame fear for the sake of his son; he stayed in that horrid environment to make a better life for his child by fulfilling his assignment; then he gave his own life to try to save his child`s.

I believe the honor here belongs to the father, and never to the insanity of an evil mother, whatever we might project her motive to be.

Errrr not really, he got run over by a train. Not a very happy ending

I think it was happy as it could be