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| Year of first release: 2013 | |
| Director: Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Thirst) | |
| Actors: Mia Wasikowska (The Kids are All Right), Nicole Kidman (The Others, Eyes Wide Shut), Matthew Goode (Watchmen) | |
| Country: USA, GB | |
| Genre: Thriller | |
| Conditions of visioning: 09.03.2013, CITY Kino, MFFFN13 | |
| Synopsis: On the day of her father's death, India (Wasikowska) learns that she has an uncle (Goode). He will stay for a while with her and her mother (Kidman). | |
| Review: A movie quite typical of Chan-wook Park, but I am afraid that what was good in a Korean movie ten years ago has now turned into something out of place in his first american movie. The images are too good-looking, the framing and the lights are too perfect, the camera motions are very fluid and even distract the attention from the story, the actors are taking very long pauses in front of the camera. OK it looks good, but at some point all this technical perfection starts to be annoying. At least until you understand the true nature of the characters, then the movie gains interest again. I remember reading Matthew Goode beeing called "the new Jeremy Irons "at the time of Watchmen. Only after watching Stoker I would be more inclined to agree ; it is true that he looks a bit like Jeremy Irons and plays a very good ambiguous character, when he doesn't overdo it. |
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Rating: 6 /10
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Stoker (2013)
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I found the camera movement very good, playing with the distance to the objects and persons, either far away or very close, hiding and showing objects and persons, so that I felt quite often pushed in one direction and surprised afterwards. Time to time, it was too much, indeed, but I liked it. The actress Mia Wasikowska impressed me by her ambiguous role and play. One funny thing is that most of the artistic added value (script, camera, special effects) is coming from Korea and the infrastructural things from the USA. I would give a good 7/10.
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