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Pretty Poison STOKER (R) Fans of South Korean director restrained, the movie’s real star is Park’s style. Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Thirst) who worried His approach to the material exudes menthat his virtuosic stylistic formalism would ace, although with an elegant touch. Every be diluted in his first English-language movie scene, edit and music cue is immaculately have nothing to fear. Stoker establishes its designed and conveys a real sense of artistry spell from the opening credits sequence and that elevates the otherwise pedestrian script never betrays its sinister, hyper-real fairytale (written by Wentworth Miller) to a completely mood throughout its running time. It’s a hordifferent level. This is arguably a lesser work ror movie, but one filtered through Hitchcock’s for the director, but it’s, nevertheless, brilShadow of a Doubt. liantly realized. One of the major standouts is After the tragic death of her father (Dermot Wasikowska, who plays India as an expressionMulroney), India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) less bystander in her own life, caught between feels her life unravel being a girl and a more when her woman. Many of mysterious Uncle the scenes between Charlie (Mathew her and Goode are Goode) enters her delectably unnervlife. Charlie coming. However, India forts his brother’s is no naïve teenager. widow, Evelyn (Nicole Her fascination with Kidman), and then Charlie, the most zeros in on India patient of predators, as his object of and his not-so-hidattraction. India den dark side propels is both repulsed Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska her into uncharted and intrigued by territory both sexuhis attention. It quickly becomes clear that ally and morally. And when she finally leaps there’s something deeply wrong with Charlie. into the unknown, Stoker fearlessly transThe moody India, however, is not well, either. gresses as well. This is far from the brilliance Blood flows, secrets are revealed, and liberaof Park’s vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for tion from the tyranny of family is offered at a Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady brutal price. Vengeance), but it’s wicked good entertainAlthough there’s plenty of tension in Stoker ment, nevertheless. and the performances from Wasikowska, Goode and Kidman are all excellent, albeit cold and Derek Hill
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