Movie No. 179 (2013): STOKER

Stoker (2013)
Director: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska

After his father's tragic death, India has to deal with living alone with his unstable mother and an uncle, his father's brother. she never knew existed until his father's death. At first, India suspects his uncle of having to do with his father's death, but later circumstances lead to her being infatuated with him.

The film is directed by famous Korean director, Chan-wook Park. It is expected that the movie is stylish in the way he presented to some of his masterpieces (e.g., Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). But, in  my opinion, this movie is more of style, diluting the content. There's nothing special about the plot, if that's the plot. It's overused. The twist is not worth 0.5-magnitude earthquake. In some cases, the unclear motivation of murderous characters in doing their actions help buildup the mystery, resulting in critically-raved product. But, it doesn't work here for some reason. I keep on asking: "Why is he or she behaving the way he or she does?" And the ending is... what's that? But the technical aspects are good.

Rating: 2.0/4.0

Date seen: October 15, 2013