Even from the title, there is an obvious gothic reference and these continue throughout South Korean director Park Chan-Wook’s first move into English speaking cinema with ‘Stoker’, a coming-of-age psychological thriller. Starring Mia Wasikowska as India Stoker, a misfit teenager, coming to terms with losing her father, whilst struggling to connect with her manipulative mother, immaculately played by Nicole Kidman. Once the mysterious uncle, Charlie (Matthew Goode) arrives on the scene at his brother’s funeral and then moves into the family home, the family dynamic gradually falls apart, descending to darkness.
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