Rotten
It's too safe, too knotty, too wastefully handsome, too dull.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Overview
After India's father dies in an auto accident, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Director and cast
- Park Chan-wook Director
- Mia Wasikowska as India Stoker
- Nicole Kidman as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
- Matthew Goode as Charlie Stoker
- Dermot Mulroney as Richard Stoker
- Jacki Weaver as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
- Lucas Till as Chris Pitts
- Alden Ehrenreich as Whip Taylor
- Phyllis Somerville as Mrs. McGarrick
- Ralph Brown as Sheriff Howard
- Judith Godrèche Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Stoker trembles between the portentous and the ridiculous, and I think you know which one is going to win. The audience does make its decision: They've been had yet again.
David Thomson, The New Republic
Fresh
Stoker is a movie about tension and inaction, about people trying to figure out what's going on in someone else's head.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
Stoker is a cunning exercise in transgression. But one can't help but wonder what kind of film Park might have made if he'd had the full creative control to which he's accustomed in Korea.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
None of it is life-changing, but it is effectively eerie. Stylishly spooky, even.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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