Trivia: Stoker was written by Wentworth Miller, the actor who played Michael Scofield in Fox's 2005 TV drama "Prison Break". Hard to believe, I know!
Park Chan-Wook did what he could to turn a mediocre screenplay into a fascinating psychological thriller, but the end result remains rather subpar. The decadent sensuality of the story is perfectly complemented by the stylish production design, slick cinematography, and beautiful music. Park fills the long silences with vivid imageries and sophisticated visual storytelling to communicate what the clichéd dialogues and situations couldn't. However, everything somehow feels cold and distant despite the beautiful visuals, resulting in a thriller with no tension or intrigue. This sense of emotional detachment is also emphasized by the stiff and mechanical performances of the actors. Possibly an artistic choice to point out the emptiness of the characters? It could have worked for some films, but in this case, it just added up to the feeling of being watching a straight to TV movie.
i want mia wasikowska to stab me with a pencil
Stylish, even beautiful, but tedious. It's like The Bad Seed crossed with Shadow Of a Doubt , and it's just dull.
When people joke that robots, aliens or zombies always make a movie better, I assume they had been watching something like this.
Artistic, sure, predictable, yep, engaging, no.
But that is just me. Looks like some folks here have really enjoyed. I don't understand those people.
oh my ufking god i want to shove this entire film up my a**
I love the way Chan-wook Park writes his women! Beautiful movie, I thought it would be boring it wasn't!
Chan-wook Park should be a favorite among asian film fans. Good to see that his first English-language film is great aswell so the biggest suprise actually is that this one is written by Wentworth Miller (o_O). It's a stylish, twisted thriller with a great performance by Matthew Goode which now takes the spot of "Best Psychopath 2013" from Hideaki Ito (the mad Teacher in Lesson of the Evil)!
The cast is awesome, but it missed some explanations.
Completely worth watching for Mia Wasikowska's contact lenses and the killer song at the end.
stoker is a pretentious boring mess made by someone who already delivered some masterpieces, so i forgive you Chan-wook Park.
Stylish psychological thriller. It looks fantastic with those sexy transitions, killer sound design, just great cinematography all around, but those things can't hide the mediocre script. There's not really much happening and kinda predictable but I strangely enjoyed it. It almost falls into style over substance territory but the story is engaging enough even though the masterful techniques kinda cheapens it. The way it builds tension is astonishing. Mia Wasikowska delivers strong performance! Not sure about Kidman and Goode. I don't feel any different seeing him in here and A Discovery of Witches. That's not a good sign.
Damn it's been a while since I've seen this shitty of a movie. What does this even convey? Why would anyone write a story like this? WHY? And also, WHO THE FUCK NAMES THEIR DAUGHTER AFTER INDIA THE COUNTRY
Now this is a f***** up story! Awesome performances though!
Great performance though the story itself is disturbing and I didn't quite understand it, yet I really enjoyed it
Trivia: Fans of cult movie Withnail & I should look out for Ralph Brown (Withnail & I's hilarious drug dealer, Danny) as the sheriff. I did a triple-take since I just couldn't believe it was him...
Pretty average and a little boring. Only really checked this out because I heard Wentworth Miller wrote it. Definitely some good bits but can't really rate it any higher than a 6/10.
I've no understand :S.This movie bullshit.Just acting is good .Rest trash :D
Shout by InstantBlockedParent2013-07-04T08:03:48Z
Very well-writen and beautiful movie. I'm impressed. And 'Summer Wine' by Nancy Cinatra and Lee Hazelwood made this movie even better.