Review of Stoker (2013) by Spencer K — 14 Aug 2013

Stoker is a very disturbing and creepily effective psychological thriller. Chan Wook Parks' direction is fantastic. He really knows how to direct a movie, and he directs one hell of a movie right here.

The acting is top notch. Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode at great. Their chemistry is also amazing. They work so well together and it really shows. Their characters are very mysterious and eerie. And they both play them expertly well.

Nicole Kidman was fine, but I felt like anyone could have played her. Don't get me wrong, she played her part well, but any middle-aged actress could have done it. The script gets a bit muddled at parts, but overall it was very different, and something creatively new.

The dialogue between the 3 main characters is so real, it seems like they're just talking to each other, not reading lines. Some parts, it got off a little, then it went back to being all mysterious like.

The overall tone of the film, is very dark and atmospheric. You can just like feel a sense of eeriness and dread throughout the entire film, and it's very consistent through the whole thing. Stoker is an excellent psychological thriller, that's equally disturbing and dark and very atmospheric.

It's dark and eerie tone is consistent throughout, and a sense of mystery is also very consistent. It had spectacular direction, it is well made and amazingly shot. The acting is amazing between it's two leads, even if one was just okay.

Stoker is a very entertaining, mysterious, dark, eerie, scary, haunting film that is highly recommended. See it.