
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Ni... (Full plot summary below)
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India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India thinks the void left by her father's death is finally being filled by his closest bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
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| Empire MagazineOlly RichardsAn intense mix of horror, thriller and domestic drama, this is exquisite film making. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeEasily the most remarkable film I've seen this year, and one that lingers in the mind. I also strongly suspect that it will pay dividends on repeat viewings. |
| The Popcorn JunkieCameron WilliamsA coming of age story that subverts to a coming of the deranged |
| Flicks.co.nzTony StampStoker delves into some seriously dark psychological territory, while somehow rising above it. It pulls the impressive trick of making ugly acts seem beautiful... |
| HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoPark and his game cast (including Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode) do a lot of heavy lifting for a script that's really quite awful. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussIndia Stoker is a girl with a spider inside her. That's a metaphor to suggest she is both victim and predator within her family web; Park literalizes the idea with shots of a spindly arachnid creeping up the girl's sock, toward her skirt. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirStoker, which plays something like a remake of “The Addams Family” mixed with “The Paperboy” — but without the laughs of either – belongs in a special category of movie badness, or perhaps two different but overlapping categories. It’s a visually striking but fundamentally terrible film made by a good or (some would say) great director. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfUnpredictable and enchantingly outlandish, the movie is often extraordinarily composed. Perhaps it's far from perfect, but the atmosphere is deliciously thick with psychosis and the characters ideally unraveled. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonald[It] seems to be unfolding somewhere else; somewhere where it makes sense that everyone seems to be sleepwalking. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterThe violent yet artful stylings of Korean director Park Chan-Wook are applied to a Southern Gothic plot with artistically queasy results. |