Stoker
Stoker
R | 01 March 2013 (USA)
Stoker Trailers

After India Stoker's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

Reviews
Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

... View More
CrawlerChunky

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

... View More
Senteur

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

... View More
Roxie

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

... View More
bob the moo

Last year I loved the mix of intrigue and sexual tension which drove the beautiful-looking 'The Handmaiden'. It was this film that made me look to another film from Park of similar style, Stoker. Set in suburbia the film joins a family after the strange suicide of the father of the house. Quickly the mother has started sharing the house with her husband's estranged brother, while her daughter looks on in disgust. Within this dynamic tensions and secrets start to rise.Stoker is a beautifully shot film, with a consistently great look and shot framing. It is deliberately cold and crisp in a way that produces a frosty environment of tension and superficiality. On this front I liked the film a lot, however the content isn't there to match it. The cold nature of the film doesn't adequately hint and reveal at deeper, and the delivery of most of the film lacks spark and tension. The specific twists and violent moments in and of themselves add energy, but they come over like standalone episodes in some way. This feeling draws in the cast too, and I didn't think they made their characters work, in context or out of it, which is a shame considering the talent.Stoker is a handsome film in its construction, and it has dramatic moments, but mostly it doesn't work particularly, and lacks spark.

... View More
Rebecca Legnaro

As soon as you watch Stoker, your opinion about family bonds will not be the same anymore.Since from the opening shot your eyes are pleasantly amazed by the stunning cinematography of this movie. Everything is surrounded by a dream-like atmosphere and once you discover more and more about the mysterious quiet India and her family you will understand why.Matthew Goode and Nicole Kidman, who respectively play uncle Charlie and Eveline, are both excellent at portraying their characters and the camera movements keep the audience's concentration high all the time. What many might dislike, though, is the script, which sometimes appears to be too predictable.I do not want to repeat myself, but the cinematography is wonderful, how the director manipulate the viewer through mirrors and light is a good lesson to learn for anybody interested in filmmaking.I encourage everyone that likes thrillers to watch this movie. You will not be disappointed.

... View More
juanmuscle

The writing impresses me so much, I do a double take, rewind, check all the angles and always always, use IMDb, the best movie source to look up the writers involved in super flixs! This time boy, was I thrown back- abashed for I could not believe it was some guy who acts in a whole bunch of stuff... I guess it is true you just never know who is the creative out there twixt the maddening throngs and rabbles and automatons Lol JK... well not really, but wow! This guy is definitely on my radar... Wentworth Miller of I guess 'Prison Break' fame, heard of the show but never seen it, nor will I ever see it, now it could be my lose for it could be fantastic, but I scarce doubt that since it gives off the vibe of a 'who dunnit' type of gimmicky schematic dullness that any Super NON - creative can copy and paste together , let alone some horrible gauche producers who should be working at some wal-mart shoving underlings around and exacting orders and howling into the night for they are truly awful inhumanoids, godawful and everybody knows this, look at Asian flix, the art coming out of there is so grand, yet here it should be the same, it should be better because of all the time and money spent, why does 90% of it sux? Take a wild Guess Producers/hack/wannabes - obviously in Asian parts of the world the producers know their part and play their hand to their capacity, they give the artist some money and say here give me your love! Gladly sir! God bless and sure enough, time passes and we have love, Asian love - wish we could get the same here - I have to say , Wentworth Miller, must of found one of the good guys cause the movie flows exactly how a creative Super CREATIVE screenplay should flow, with creative love! And we the masses just are so willing and able to suck it all in with our open maws! loving ever second of it!

... View More
roystephen-81252

It is a sick, perverted movie for sick, perverted people. Completely devoid of any sign of humanity. Avoid at all costs. A complete waste of time. The story and the characters are shallow and uninteresting, rather repulsive and disgusting. The style is reminiscent of the art movies of the late 80s and early 90s, but what was new then, is simply empty form now. Ugly colour palette, amateurish lighting, pretentious camera angles, pointless editing tricks, forced, unnatural acting - why is that nowadays mistaken for "art"? It is also extremely slow and boring. About fifteen minutes into the movie you'll know exactly what will happen. Every single "twist". The Hitchcockian parallels are also very contrived. The whole piece feels like a sketch by a talentless wannabe-screenwriter. With a sick mind. Seriously, anyone who likes this movie should consult a psychiatrist. The sooner the better.

... View More