Wentworth Miller is best known for his ridiculously good looks and his role as Michael Scofield in Fox's Prison Break, but there's so much more to him than that. Like, did you know that he has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, or that he's starred in not one, but two Mariah Carey music videos? Read on to get to know more about the star in six quick facts. Wentworth is a dual citizen. He was born in England to American parents and moved to Brooklyn when he was just a year old. Each of his parents have at least three different ethnic backgrounds. "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, caught between two communities," he previously told GQ Germany. His dad has Jamaican, African-American, Jewish, and English ancestry, while his mom is Russian,...
- 4/1/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Odd List Aliya Whiteley 20 Dec 2013 - 06:43
At 8th place in our writers' round up of the best films of the year, here's Chan-wook Park's English language debut...
Over the past few weeks, Den of Geek writers have been voting for their favourite films of the year. In 8th place is the quite wonderful Stoker. Here's why...
It’s not always the big blockbusters that need a sixty inch high-definition television to really shine when you watch them at home. Sometimes it’s the quiet films that deserve pin-sharp picture quality, so you can appreciate the levels of detail and careful attention that’s gone into every shot. Stoker’s main character experiences the world intensely; she has eyes and ears that pick up the smallest sounds and movements, and when you watch Stoker on a screen that enhances that experience, you identify with her in a way that makes for beautiful,...
At 8th place in our writers' round up of the best films of the year, here's Chan-wook Park's English language debut...
Over the past few weeks, Den of Geek writers have been voting for their favourite films of the year. In 8th place is the quite wonderful Stoker. Here's why...
It’s not always the big blockbusters that need a sixty inch high-definition television to really shine when you watch them at home. Sometimes it’s the quiet films that deserve pin-sharp picture quality, so you can appreciate the levels of detail and careful attention that’s gone into every shot. Stoker’s main character experiences the world intensely; she has eyes and ears that pick up the smallest sounds and movements, and when you watch Stoker on a screen that enhances that experience, you identify with her in a way that makes for beautiful,...
- 12/18/2013
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Dark and brooding, Stoker (2013) is the debut English language debut from South Korean director Park Chan-wook, whose latest oddity offers up an intense mix of emotional violence and Gothic fairytale. Written by Wentworth Miller, it features mesmerising performances from a leading cast that includes Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. To celebrate the 1 July DVD and Blu-ray release of Stoker, we have Three Blu-ray copies of the film to give away to our readers, courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
After India Stoker's (Wasikowska) father dies in a car accident, her home life is suddenly upended by the arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Goode) - who she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her...
After India Stoker's (Wasikowska) father dies in a car accident, her home life is suddenly upended by the arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Goode) - who she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her...
- 7/4/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★☆☆ After a decade of filmmaking in his native South Korea, Park Chan-wook makes his English-language debut with Stoker (2013). An all-star cast led by Mia Wasikowska and a screenplay from Prison Break's Wentworth Miller may suggest that this was to be a triumphant relocation for Park - yet the film doesn't quite deliver the unambiguous success one might hope. India Stoker's (Wasikowska) 18th birthday celebrations are interrupted by news of her father's death in a car accident. At the funeral, her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) appears, announcing that he'll be staying with India and her mother (Nicole Kidman).
There's something off about Charlie; India seems both fascinated and repulsed by her uncle, while her mother, Evelyn, seems to flirt shamelessly with her husband's handsome brother. The scene is set for an intense family drama, augmented by slight hints of some superhuman senses that India seems to have. The feverish...
There's something off about Charlie; India seems both fascinated and repulsed by her uncle, while her mother, Evelyn, seems to flirt shamelessly with her husband's handsome brother. The scene is set for an intense family drama, augmented by slight hints of some superhuman senses that India seems to have. The feverish...
- 7/1/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
When you name a thriller Stoker, you immediately have people concluding it has something to do with Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, and therefore maybe the movie involves vampires. The film’s characters address that at one point but let’s stipulate that there are no members of the undead here. Instead, we have a stylish, noirsh film that marks a mostly successful American debut for Korean director Chan-Wook Park. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode, it’s an uncomfortable story of family. India Stoker (Wasikowska) has just lost her father, shattering their close bonds. Distraught, she is withdrawn, and initially shrinks further within Goth herself when Uncle Charlie (Goode) turns up and comes to live with her and her mother Evelyn (Kidman). In her eighteen years, India has never heard of an Uncle Charlie and more, what she begins to hear strikes her as fantastic and contradictory.
- 6/22/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It's always a satisfying surprise when a horror film transcends what sounds like a thoroughly conventional story -- and it's even better when that film ends up as great as Chan-wook Park's Stoker. The fantastic South Korean filmmaker has given us Oldboy, Thirst and several other unique imports, but Stoker marks the man's English-language debut, and (happily for all involved) does a superlative job of, like I said, transcending a potentially familiar premise.
Easily one of the most visually beautiful films of the year, Stoker is about a shy 18-year-old girl whose father has just been killed in a car accident. India (Mia Wasikowska) is an intelligent and beautiful young woman, but she's also saddled with an emotionally vacant mother (Nicole Kidman) and a strange uncle (Matthew Goode) who conveniently pops up at the most strategic moments. It's pretty obvious that Uncle Charles is up to no good, but...
Easily one of the most visually beautiful films of the year, Stoker is about a shy 18-year-old girl whose father has just been killed in a car accident. India (Mia Wasikowska) is an intelligent and beautiful young woman, but she's also saddled with an emotionally vacant mother (Nicole Kidman) and a strange uncle (Matthew Goode) who conveniently pops up at the most strategic moments. It's pretty obvious that Uncle Charles is up to no good, but...
- 6/19/2013
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
In this monthly column we spotlight new Blu-ray/DVD releases by interviewing directors about the scenes that stood out most for them while making their movies. This month we talk to Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) about his latest thriller, Stoker (out June 18). For Stoker, his first English-language film, Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook casts Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode for this creepy coming-of-age tale (written by actor Wentworth Miller) that follows India (Wasikowska), a teenage outsider who becomes infatuated with her Uncle Charlie (Goode) after her father’s sudden death. In the film’s most shocking scene, India showers following a jarring experience in the woods that left Whip, a boy she was fond of, dead by the hands of Uncle Charlie. Replaying...
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- 6/19/2013
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Movies.com
Chan-wook Park’s Stoker is a Gothic fairytale, a family drama and a beautifully twisted, pitch black coming of age story, all at once. This slow-burning psychological thriller isn’t afraid to cross into uncomfortable places, often edging close to taboo territory. Park wants his audience to twitch in their seats and the master director is able to accomplish this with the greatest of ease. Along with first time screenwriter Wentworth Miller, Park weaves a coming-of-age tale through a tangled, murderous family plot, loaded with sexual subtext and upper-class entitlement. People disappear, a landscape of family secrets is revealed, and Park teases the audience into anticipating the worst. With Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Shadow of a Doubt serving as a template, Stoker’s first two acts are without a doubt impeccably crafted. The problem comes in the third act. Its script doesn’t quite carry the dramatic heft of his earlier work,...
- 3/17/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. The director of Thirst and Oldboy is one of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country and is a cult figure among fans of offbeat foreign films. Now Park Chan-wook has brought his novel sensibilities to Hollywood, where he’s made his first English-langiuage film, the bloody soap opera Stokrt starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, and Nicole Kidman.
Read my We Are Movie Geeks review of Stoker Here
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/03/stoker-the-review/
Representing We Are Movie Geeks, I recently participated, along with several other film journalists, in a conference call interview with Park Chan-wook.
Question: Your film Stoker is being compared to being on par with the masterful director, Alfred Hitchcock. How does the comparison make you feel? And of his work, has any of it influenced you in your career and on the set of Stoker?...
Read my We Are Movie Geeks review of Stoker Here
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/03/stoker-the-review/
Representing We Are Movie Geeks, I recently participated, along with several other film journalists, in a conference call interview with Park Chan-wook.
Question: Your film Stoker is being compared to being on par with the masterful director, Alfred Hitchcock. How does the comparison make you feel? And of his work, has any of it influenced you in your career and on the set of Stoker?...
- 3/16/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The bloody soap opera Stoker is Park Chan-wook’s first Hollywood movie, and if you’re unfamiliar with the Korean director’s work, you’re in for a real kick. Park’s vampire opus Thirst and his acclaimed Oldboy established the director’s cult status among fans of offbeat foreign crime films and while no one eats a live octopus in Stoker, he’s brought his novel style to this psychosexual thriller about the dysfunctional Stoker family. After her father (Dermot Mulroney) dies on her 18th birthday, India Stoker’s (Mia Wasikowska) long-lost Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to visit. He’s welcomed into the family’s sprawling Connecticut mansion by India’s beautiful, unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), but India’s not quite as quick to embrace this relative that she never knew she had. Charlie’s wholesome facade hides sinister intentions and India recognizes something’s not quite...
- 3/16/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stoker is Chan-wook Park’s American film debut. Destroy the Brain was fortunate enough to sit in on a roundtable interview with the director and his translator. Stoker stars Mia Wasikowska, Dermot Mulroney, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. If you are in St. Louis, Stoker will be opening on March 15th at the Landmark Tivoli Theater.
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[Editor's Note: Since this one of the first times we are publishing a roundtable interview, we have included all the questions asked with ours, the last question, highlighted. I have reworded all responses to make them sound like Mr. Park personally answered them instead of through his translator.]
Your film Stoker is being compared to being on par with the masterful director Alfred Hitchcock. How does the comparison make you feel and of his work, has any of any of it influenced you in your career and on the set of Stoker?
The film that made me decide to become a filmmaker in the first place is the film Vertigo. Vertigo, to me, is synonymous with Hitchcock. For me, Vertigo is Hitchcock’s representative work. When I first started out studying film, I drew a great influence from Hitchcock. Of course,...
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[Editor's Note: Since this one of the first times we are publishing a roundtable interview, we have included all the questions asked with ours, the last question, highlighted. I have reworded all responses to make them sound like Mr. Park personally answered them instead of through his translator.]
Your film Stoker is being compared to being on par with the masterful director Alfred Hitchcock. How does the comparison make you feel and of his work, has any of any of it influenced you in your career and on the set of Stoker?
The film that made me decide to become a filmmaker in the first place is the film Vertigo. Vertigo, to me, is synonymous with Hitchcock. For me, Vertigo is Hitchcock’s representative work. When I first started out studying film, I drew a great influence from Hitchcock. Of course,...
- 3/14/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
For many film fans, Stoker is a major event in cinema, the long-awaited arrival of Park Chan-wook on American shores. The director of Oldboy, among other genre favorites, has a cult fandom, but only for films made in his native South Korea. Even more, Stoker features a striking cast, including Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, and Mia Wasikowska, as well as a script from Wentworth Miller, star of the departed Fox drama Prison Break. At a recent press event in Los Angeles, Park (along with a translator), Kidman, Goode, and Wasikowska came together to discuss the making of Park’s English-language debut as well as working from a script written by someone best known for being on the other side of the camera.
The shift was, perhaps, most striking for Park, who’s accustomed to a much different shooting style in South Korea. As he put it, through his translator, he...
The shift was, perhaps, most striking for Park, who’s accustomed to a much different shooting style in South Korea. As he put it, through his translator, he...
- 3/11/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
A new featurette has made its way online in promotion of Fox Searchlight’s Stoker, and given that the little flick has performed pretty well at the box office in limited release, hopefully the studio will be opening it a bit wider.
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious,...
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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), whom 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 closet 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.
Stoker stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland, Jane Eyre), Matthew Goode (Watchmen, A Single Man), Dermot Mulroney (The Grey,...
Stoker stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland, Jane Eyre), Matthew Goode (Watchmen, A Single Man), Dermot Mulroney (The Grey,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – There is cause and effect in life, and there are times when random acts of circumstance rinses it all away. Those emotions are realized in the strange yet compelling composition of the new film “Stoker,” featuring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Director Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy”) weaves a dream state into a rather standard Hitchcockian thriller, which allows the material to rise to a fascinating visual and performance level. The use of the actors as chess pieces on the story board, creating mystery through their interplay, was inventive uplift in the film. The three main players – Wasikowska, Kidman and Goode – were both skittish and subtle with their motivations, which generates scenes of surprising obscurity, sensuality and even horror. Chan-wook is an original artist, and uses his cinematic canvas in ways that are wholly innovative.
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) is a senior in high school, and her father...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Director Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy”) weaves a dream state into a rather standard Hitchcockian thriller, which allows the material to rise to a fascinating visual and performance level. The use of the actors as chess pieces on the story board, creating mystery through their interplay, was inventive uplift in the film. The three main players – Wasikowska, Kidman and Goode – were both skittish and subtle with their motivations, which generates scenes of surprising obscurity, sensuality and even horror. Chan-wook is an original artist, and uses his cinematic canvas in ways that are wholly innovative.
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) is a senior in high school, and her father...
- 3/2/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Park's English-language debut boasts 'lovely blend of styles,' but is marred by inconsistent narrative The movie title Stoker, left to stand alone for helmer Park Chan-wook’s and screenwriter Wentworth Miller’s psychological thriller, could be referring to numerous things, such as those connected to vampires, marijuana, or tandem bicycling, depending on one’s approach. The Dracula author is a relevant reference, but in Park's film the name Stoker is the surname of the family central to its narrative: mother, father, daughter, and uncle. (Pictured above: a striking closeup of Matthew Goode in Stoker.) Even so, Miller’s script attempts to come up with an identity that goes beyond family names to actual lineage -- in other words, to the core genetics of the family tree itself. Stoker tells us that some human traits, however dark, are part of our nature. That’s hardly an original thought, but in...
- 3/2/2013
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
When talking about Asian cinema, conversation will inevitably turn to Chan-wook Park's Oldboy, the second part of the directors Vengeance trilogy. Beautifully shot and unrelentlessly brutal, the movie brought Park to the notice of main stream audiences (Spike Lee is currently shooting an American remake, starring Josh Brolin), setting in motion the events that bring Stoker, his first english language movie to the big screen. Written by Wentworth Miller, best known for having the worlds most elaborate tattoo's in T.V.'s Prison Break, it is an often strange and disturbing look at one girls coming of age, and what it takes for someone to embrace the worst of human nature. On her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker's (Mia Wasikowska) father dies in a tragic car accident. At the funeral, her mysterious Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), a man India never knew existed, comes into the lives of her and her mother,...
- 3/2/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Outside of an appreciation for the freeze frame nature of the picturesque visuals, there's little else to appreciate when it comes to Chan-wook Park's English-language debut, Stoker. An infatuation with the look of Stoker causes the film to suffer greatly. The unnatural mise-en-scene is so precise, it allows no room to breathe, yielding empty characters who exhibit zero evidence of humanity leaving the viewer utterly detached. India Stoker, played by Mia Wasikowska in an erect, detached-from-the-world manner, has just lost her father. She has no friends and is teased at school. You'd think a comparison to Brian De Palma's Carrie would be apt, but this film isn't operating on the same brain waves. Instead, India may as well be a cyborg with manufactured feelings, telegraphed at every turn. And while grief stricken over the loss of her father, we're never allowed to feel the weight of that reality.
- 3/1/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
"If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world." – Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'The Master'
Greetings from the apocalypse! This week finds me once again walking down memory lane as I recall two new movies I visited the sets of and, as usual, childhood traumas. Do those traumas involve giants? Do I seek the therapy I so desperately need? Read on …
Friday, March 1
Okay, so in case you haven't heard already, "21 and Over" is basically the same movie as "The Hangover," as evidenced by our informative chart. I had the honor of touring the set of this raunchy sex/alcohol poisoning comedy in Seattle around 2011 or so (I can't quite remember for some reason) and got to watch Justin Chon ride a mechanical buffalo while projectile vomiting.
Greetings from the apocalypse! This week finds me once again walking down memory lane as I recall two new movies I visited the sets of and, as usual, childhood traumas. Do those traumas involve giants? Do I seek the therapy I so desperately need? Read on …
Friday, March 1
Okay, so in case you haven't heard already, "21 and Over" is basically the same movie as "The Hangover," as evidenced by our informative chart. I had the honor of touring the set of this raunchy sex/alcohol poisoning comedy in Seattle around 2011 or so (I can't quite remember for some reason) and got to watch Justin Chon ride a mechanical buffalo while projectile vomiting.
- 3/1/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
The director of Oldboy has featured vendettas, incest and even amateur dentistry in his movies. So what horrors does his first Hollywood film, the 'gothic fairytale' Stoker, have in store?
Park Chan-wook is clearly in a very dark place. His head is bowed, his mood blue. What terrible circumstances could be troubling the South Korean director who masterminded the queasy excesses of Oldboy and the rest of his Vengeance trilogy? Recent incarceration by an unknown malefactor? Is he being hounded by a secret black-market organ-smuggling operation?
In fact, his cat has died, and he's still struggling to cope. "I'd had him for more than 10 years."
Mooka, Park's Russian Blue puss, was just one of the victims of a kitty reaper that stalked the set of his new film, Stoker. Composer Clint Mansell's mog died at the same time. "The only consolation is that it didn't happen during shooting, but during postproduction,...
Park Chan-wook is clearly in a very dark place. His head is bowed, his mood blue. What terrible circumstances could be troubling the South Korean director who masterminded the queasy excesses of Oldboy and the rest of his Vengeance trilogy? Recent incarceration by an unknown malefactor? Is he being hounded by a secret black-market organ-smuggling operation?
In fact, his cat has died, and he's still struggling to cope. "I'd had him for more than 10 years."
Mooka, Park's Russian Blue puss, was just one of the victims of a kitty reaper that stalked the set of his new film, Stoker. Composer Clint Mansell's mog died at the same time. "The only consolation is that it didn't happen during shooting, but during postproduction,...
- 3/1/2013
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook's English-language debut, "Stoker," and she regards it passively, intrigued.
There's a creepy intruder in the Stokers' handsome, isolated estate, but it's India's Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whose existence India was unaware of until he arrived following the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney) in a mysterious car accident. Dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil, he's an homage to Joseph Cotton's Uncle Charlie – a murder in a suit jacket at the dinner table – from Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt."
Park, the celebrated South Korean filmmaker of stylistic, hyper-violent revenge tales ("Oldboy," "Lady Vengeance") has long drawn Hitchcock comparisons. In "Stoker," he makes them explicit, with references not just to "Shadow of a Doubt," but "Psycho" and maybe even "The Birds," if we can agree that Hitchcock forever owns violent attacks in phone booths.
There's a creepy intruder in the Stokers' handsome, isolated estate, but it's India's Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whose existence India was unaware of until he arrived following the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney) in a mysterious car accident. Dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil, he's an homage to Joseph Cotton's Uncle Charlie – a murder in a suit jacket at the dinner table – from Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt."
Park, the celebrated South Korean filmmaker of stylistic, hyper-violent revenge tales ("Oldboy," "Lady Vengeance") has long drawn Hitchcock comparisons. In "Stoker," he makes them explicit, with references not just to "Shadow of a Doubt," but "Psycho" and maybe even "The Birds," if we can agree that Hitchcock forever owns violent attacks in phone booths.
- 2/28/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
If there's one thing you walk away with after seeing "Stoker," it's the unsettling feeling that evil cannot be altered, disciplined, or stopped. The dark psychological thriller, directed by South Korean director Chan-wook Park ("Oldboy") and based on a script by Wentworth Miller ("Prison Break"), is the anti-"Looper": Evil is pure nature, there's no nurture involved.
"Stoker" focuses on a troubled young girl named India (Mia Wasikowska), who's dealing with the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney), her wine-addled mother (Nicole Kidman) and her recently arrived Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode). It's an exquisitely shot film, almost artistically so, with plenty of attention to detail. "Stoker" is also very dark, however, as it becomes a sinister tale of the beast within and what happens when you can no longer contain these excruciating urges.
At the New York screening of "Stoker" at the Walter Reade Theatre on Wednesday night, The...
"Stoker" focuses on a troubled young girl named India (Mia Wasikowska), who's dealing with the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney), her wine-addled mother (Nicole Kidman) and her recently arrived Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode). It's an exquisitely shot film, almost artistically so, with plenty of attention to detail. "Stoker" is also very dark, however, as it becomes a sinister tale of the beast within and what happens when you can no longer contain these excruciating urges.
At the New York screening of "Stoker" at the Walter Reade Theatre on Wednesday night, The...
- 2/28/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Director: Chan-wook Park; Screenwriters: Wentworth Miller; Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till; Running time: 98 mins; Certificate: 18
It's been a while since Hollywood last took a stab at Hamlet – the most recent effort being 2000's flawed Ethan Hawke-starrer – but with his compellingly bonkers English-language debut, Park Chan-wook has created something like a female-led Hamlet, albeit a twisted version that's substantially lighter on dialogue than any genuine Shakespeare adaptation could be.
Chan-wook's best known on these shores for his visceral and character-driven Vengeance Trilogy, so it's no struggle to see how this script (penned, unexpectedly, by former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller) falls right in his wheelhouse. India (Mia Wasikowska) is an emotionally distant 18-year-old living with her mother (Nicole Kidman, playing the fading belle with brittle efficiency) in a sprawling mansion somewhere in the deep South, and mourning the recent death of her father in a car accident.
It's been a while since Hollywood last took a stab at Hamlet – the most recent effort being 2000's flawed Ethan Hawke-starrer – but with his compellingly bonkers English-language debut, Park Chan-wook has created something like a female-led Hamlet, albeit a twisted version that's substantially lighter on dialogue than any genuine Shakespeare adaptation could be.
Chan-wook's best known on these shores for his visceral and character-driven Vengeance Trilogy, so it's no struggle to see how this script (penned, unexpectedly, by former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller) falls right in his wheelhouse. India (Mia Wasikowska) is an emotionally distant 18-year-old living with her mother (Nicole Kidman, playing the fading belle with brittle efficiency) in a sprawling mansion somewhere in the deep South, and mourning the recent death of her father in a car accident.
- 2/28/2013
- Digital Spy
When India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) loses her beloved father (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident on her 18th birthday, her quiet life on the family’s secluded estate is suddenly shattered. India finds herself drawn to her father’s long-lost brother, Charlie (Matthew Goode), who unexpectedly arrives for the funeral and decides to stay with her and her emotionally unstable mother, Evie (Nicole Kidman). While India initially mistrust her charming but mysterious uncle, he fascinates her as well and she begins to realize how much they have in common. She later realizes how much they have in common and his arrival is no coincide. With her uncle to guide her, she is about to fulfill her unusual destiny. Thus acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook’s first English language psychological thriller Stoker comes to life.
At a recent press conference we asked director Park about his Hollywood experience, what drew...
At a recent press conference we asked director Park about his Hollywood experience, what drew...
- 2/27/2013
- by Fernando Esquivel
- LRMonline.com
Fans of Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Thirst) living in Nashville, Tennessee were probably shocked to see the famed Korean director strolling down the streets of their town in late 2011, but rest assured he wasn’t just checking out the sights... he was actually making a movie.
Stoker, featuring Academy Award-winning actress (and Nashville resident) Nicole Kidman, finally makes its way into theaters this Friday, March 1st, from Fox Searchlight and thankfully, Director Park’s first English-language effort does not disappoint.
Working from a meticulously crafted and widely heralded script by Wentworth Miller, Park and cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung were able to develop a hyper-stylized, highly detailed world set within the confines of a seemingly idyllic family estate. A quiet war is already brewing between Evelyn Stoker (Kidman) and her joyfully disenfranchised teenage daughter, India (Wasikowska), when the mysterious and dapper Uncle Charlie (Goode) comes to stay after the...
Stoker, featuring Academy Award-winning actress (and Nashville resident) Nicole Kidman, finally makes its way into theaters this Friday, March 1st, from Fox Searchlight and thankfully, Director Park’s first English-language effort does not disappoint.
Working from a meticulously crafted and widely heralded script by Wentworth Miller, Park and cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung were able to develop a hyper-stylized, highly detailed world set within the confines of a seemingly idyllic family estate. A quiet war is already brewing between Evelyn Stoker (Kidman) and her joyfully disenfranchised teenage daughter, India (Wasikowska), when the mysterious and dapper Uncle Charlie (Goode) comes to stay after the...
- 2/26/2013
- by Drew Tinnin
- DreadCentral.com
Arriving in theaters this weekend is iconic Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park's English-language directorial debut, Stoker, an often macabre and darkly comedic thriller that stars Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode and Mia Wasikowska.
Written by Wentworth Miller ("Prison Break"), Stoker is a coming-of-age story that follows a teenage girl named India (Wasikowska), who is forced to deal with her own inner demons after a tragedy befalls her family on her 18th birthday. Conveniently, her very charismatic but mysterious long-lost Uncle Charlie (Goode) rides into town, sweeping both India and her attention-starved mother, Evelyn (Kidman), off their feet, revealing all kinds of twisted family secrets and bad blood amongst the trio.
During a recent press conference, we heard from director Park as well as Kidman, Goode and Wasikowska about their experiences collaborating on Stoker as well as what aspects of Miller's script attracted them to the project initially. The trio of co-stars...
Written by Wentworth Miller ("Prison Break"), Stoker is a coming-of-age story that follows a teenage girl named India (Wasikowska), who is forced to deal with her own inner demons after a tragedy befalls her family on her 18th birthday. Conveniently, her very charismatic but mysterious long-lost Uncle Charlie (Goode) rides into town, sweeping both India and her attention-starved mother, Evelyn (Kidman), off their feet, revealing all kinds of twisted family secrets and bad blood amongst the trio.
During a recent press conference, we heard from director Park as well as Kidman, Goode and Wasikowska about their experiences collaborating on Stoker as well as what aspects of Miller's script attracted them to the project initially. The trio of co-stars...
- 2/26/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Vulture has landed the new clip from Fox Searchlight’s Stoker, and it features Nicole Kidman getting down and dirty, much to the delight of our readers and of course our own Matt Fini, who has been sitting in the corner with his back to us since watching it.
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook. Look for Stoker in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook. Look for Stoker in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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- 2/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A new clip from Stoker has been released.
Oldboy director Park Chan-wook's English-language debut stars Mia Wasikowska as India, an isolated young woman whose father has recently died, and Nicole Kidman as her grief-stricken mother.
After India's mysterious Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to live with them following the funeral, she becomes fascinated with him as it becomes clear that he shares many of her unusual personality traits.
The clip sees the town sheriff visiting the family home to question India about her role in the disappearance of a local boy.
Jacki Weaver and Lucas Till are among the thriller's supporting cast, while former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller penned the script.
> Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode in 'Stoker' - pictures
> Matthew Goode teases Wentworth Miller's 'Stoker' - video
Stoker will be released on March 1.
Watch a trailer below:...
Oldboy director Park Chan-wook's English-language debut stars Mia Wasikowska as India, an isolated young woman whose father has recently died, and Nicole Kidman as her grief-stricken mother.
After India's mysterious Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to live with them following the funeral, she becomes fascinated with him as it becomes clear that he shares many of her unusual personality traits.
The clip sees the town sheriff visiting the family home to question India about her role in the disappearance of a local boy.
Jacki Weaver and Lucas Till are among the thriller's supporting cast, while former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller penned the script.
> Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode in 'Stoker' - pictures
> Matthew Goode teases Wentworth Miller's 'Stoker' - video
Stoker will be released on March 1.
Watch a trailer below:...
- 2/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Time for clip number two from Fox Searchlight’s Stoker, and this one comes complete with a sheriff who's ready to ask far too many questions for his own good. Damned nosy policemen! Always screwing up our chances of enjoying the macabre.
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook. Look for Stoker in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook. Look for Stoker in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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- 2/21/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new psychological thriller “Stoker” starring Nicole Kidman!
“Stoker,” which opens on March 1, 2013 and is rated “R,” also stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, David Alford, Phyllis Somerville, Harmony Korine, Lucas Till and Alden Ehrenreich from director Chan-wook Park (“Oldboy”) and writers Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson.
To win your free “Stoker” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! You must be 17+ to attend this “R”-rated screening.
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“Stoker,” which opens on March 1, 2013 and is rated “R,” also stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, David Alford, Phyllis Somerville, Harmony Korine, Lucas Till and Alden Ehrenreich from director Chan-wook Park (“Oldboy”) and writers Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson.
To win your free “Stoker” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! You must be 17+ to attend this “R”-rated screening.
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- 2/21/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Just when we thought the day couldn't get any stranger, a new clip from Fox Searchlight’s Stoker has arrived and proves that we are family. Now just try and get that disco song out of your head for the rest of the day! We dare you!
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival,...
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival,...
- 2/20/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A new clip for Park Chan-wook's upcoming thriller Stoker is now online, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers, and you can check it out after the jump.
Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, Stoker hits theaters on March 1st. Written by Wentworth Miller, the film begins when India's (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, Stoker hits theaters on March 1st. Written by Wentworth Miller, the film begins when India's (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
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- 2/19/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
A new clip for Park Chan-wook's upcoming thriller Stoker is now online, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers , and you can check it out in the player below or click here to watch the first clip. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, Stoker hits theaters on March 1st. Written by Wentworth Miller, the film begins when India's (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
- 2/19/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Although the full score to Park Chan-wook's upcoming thriller Stoker arrives from composer Clint Mansell, Spin has a sneak preview of a new piece of music by Philip Glass that will also be featured in the March 1 release. Titled "Duet," you can listen to it in the player below. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, the film is written by Wentworth Miller and begins when India's (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this...
- 2/12/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Stoker
Directed by Chan-wook Park
Written by Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson
2013, USA
South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s first cinematic foray with the English language is a gratifyingly morbid journey, albeit frustratingly simple in its conclusion. The man behind “The Vengeance Trilogy” (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance) doesn’t deliver the level of graphic gore or sadism one might anticipate from him. Chan-wook instead successfully presents us with a meticulously detailed and scintillatingly gothic atmosphere rife with bloodthirsty possibilities. Cinephiles looking for the daringness of the master’s earlier works will likely be disappointed that this provocative project about a morose young woman disturbingly coming of age ends up leaving much to the imagination.
Right before turning 18, intense India (Mia Wasikowska of Burton’s Alice in Wonderland) loses her beloved father to a mysterious accident. Enter Uncle Charlie, her father’s long lost brother. Her mother...
Directed by Chan-wook Park
Written by Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson
2013, USA
South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s first cinematic foray with the English language is a gratifyingly morbid journey, albeit frustratingly simple in its conclusion. The man behind “The Vengeance Trilogy” (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance) doesn’t deliver the level of graphic gore or sadism one might anticipate from him. Chan-wook instead successfully presents us with a meticulously detailed and scintillatingly gothic atmosphere rife with bloodthirsty possibilities. Cinephiles looking for the daringness of the master’s earlier works will likely be disappointed that this provocative project about a morose young woman disturbingly coming of age ends up leaving much to the imagination.
Right before turning 18, intense India (Mia Wasikowska of Burton’s Alice in Wonderland) loses her beloved father to a mysterious accident. Enter Uncle Charlie, her father’s long lost brother. Her mother...
- 2/9/2013
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
Alrighty, kids. It's time for yet more imagery from Fox Searchlight’s Stoker. We're talking over a dozen bits of strange goodness just waiting to be ingested by your hungry peepers. Check 'em out!
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives,...
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives,...
- 2/5/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
With Park City now left to the ski bunnies hitting the slopes before it all melts away, the Sundance Film Festival is fading into memory. But one movie that continues to generate chatter is Park Chan-Wook's "Stoker." The bottom line is, you're either with the highly stylized and somewhat over-the-top melodrama....or you're not, and there doesn't seem to be much middleground. Indeed, our own man at the fest was decidedly not a fan, calling the whole endeavor "a garish misfire." But the rest of us will be able to make our own assessment in just a few weeks. And until then, some new images have arrived, providing a further peek into the world created by "Prison Break" star and screenwriter Wentworth Miller. The trio of Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode lead the movie that centers on the teenage India, whose father tragically passes away, and finds her...
- 2/4/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Debuting over the weekend out in Park City, Park Chan-wook’s Stoker has deservedly been one of the most anticipated films heading to Sundance this month.
The film sees Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode star in the leading trio, and the early reviews have been very promising. Our own Ty Cooper has seen Stoker out in Sundance and loves it, giving it a flawless five-star rating – you can read his review here.
Arriving in theatres in March, the film has already been given an R rating by the MPAA in the Us, for “disturbing violent and sexual content.” And now the BBFC have given the film an 18 rating to match in the UK, citing:
“Strong sex, violence, and sexualised violence.”
We caught a brilliant new trailer for the film at the start of the week, confirming our suspicions about the film – both of how good it’s going to be,...
The film sees Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode star in the leading trio, and the early reviews have been very promising. Our own Ty Cooper has seen Stoker out in Sundance and loves it, giving it a flawless five-star rating – you can read his review here.
Arriving in theatres in March, the film has already been given an R rating by the MPAA in the Us, for “disturbing violent and sexual content.” And now the BBFC have given the film an 18 rating to match in the UK, citing:
“Strong sex, violence, and sexualised violence.”
We caught a brilliant new trailer for the film at the start of the week, confirming our suspicions about the film – both of how good it’s going to be,...
- 1/25/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Joey Paur and Elijah Reyes review Stoker.
Make sure to read Joey's written review.
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, and Nicole Kidman
Official Synopsis: 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, India begins to suspect this mysterious, charming man has disturbing ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Make sure to read Joey's written review.
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, and Nicole Kidman
Official Synopsis: 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, India begins to suspect this mysterious, charming man has disturbing ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
- 1/23/2013
- by geektyrant
- GeekTyrant
Judging by the reactions to our review of Park Chan-Wook's "Stoker" out of the Sudance Film Festival, it seems that some of you only want to hear that this movie is the greatest. And admittedly, we were looking forward to it (certainly this writer was), and while commenters love to point to the other sites that have given the movie positive notices, that's a pretty tepid rebuttal all around. As always, it's worth judging for yourself, and you'll have your chance very soon, but until then here are some new pics. The film comes from the pen of Wentworth Miller and follows India (Mia Wasikowska), whose father dies in a car crash, leaving her to adjust to her newly moved in Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) and her chilly mom (Nicole Kidman). Certainly, the potential for a Hitchcock-ian potboiler is there, but our man in Park City just couldn't roll with...
- 1/22/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Hold the press! Hot on the heels of the film's debut at Sundance, Fox UK has dropped us a new 60" trailer for - one our all time fave directors - Park Chan-wook’s horror thriller...Stoker. Releasing in UK cinemas on 1 March 2013 and starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode, Stoker is the first English-language film from acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook, is written by Wentworth Miller and highly anticipated around these parts! Synopsis: After India's father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. 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.
- 1/22/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Park Chan-wook's English-language debut is a family mystery dressed up as a gothic fairytale whose symbolism might leave you tied up trying to work out who is what
Park Chan-wook's long-awaited English-language debut is a gorgeously mounted family mystery dressed up as a gothic fairytale. The atmosphere is suffocatingly effective, and if the scarcity of shocks leaves some viewers feeling cheated (Park created the South Korean Vengeance trilogy after all), this misdirection is also one of the movie's great strengths.
Stoker is a puzzle. Its lush visuals, allied with Clint Mansell's eerily dynamic score, are MacGuffins to some degree. After Sunday night's world premiere at Sundance, Chan-wook spoke of his admiration for Alfred Hitchcock and homage courses through Stoker like, well, blood.
Mia Wasikowska plays the lead role of India, a curious, seemingly unknowable young woman whose world is turned upside down after the mysterious death of her father...
Park Chan-wook's long-awaited English-language debut is a gorgeously mounted family mystery dressed up as a gothic fairytale. The atmosphere is suffocatingly effective, and if the scarcity of shocks leaves some viewers feeling cheated (Park created the South Korean Vengeance trilogy after all), this misdirection is also one of the movie's great strengths.
Stoker is a puzzle. Its lush visuals, allied with Clint Mansell's eerily dynamic score, are MacGuffins to some degree. After Sunday night's world premiere at Sundance, Chan-wook spoke of his admiration for Alfred Hitchcock and homage courses through Stoker like, well, blood.
Mia Wasikowska plays the lead role of India, a curious, seemingly unknowable young woman whose world is turned upside down after the mysterious death of her father...
- 1/22/2013
- by Jeremy Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Today we have an international trailer for the upcoming "Stoker" thriller, starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Matthew Goode (Watchmen). Check it out below. Plot: After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her (Wasikowska) and her unstable mother (Kidman). She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him. The new movie is directed by Chan-wook Park, the man behind "Oldboy," and is written by "Prison Break" actor Wentworth Miller. It's set to hit theaters on March 1st, in limited release. Trailer:...
- 1/21/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival (running January 17-27, 2013, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah) is Fox Searchlight’s Stoker, and we have an extended teaser to get your blood pumping!
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives,...
Wentworth Miller penned the tale. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star in the film directed by Park Chan-wook.
Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and Jsa.
Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013.
Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Stoker - "Personally speaking, I can't wait to watch life tear you apart."
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, and Nicole Kidman
Official Synopsis: 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, India begins to suspect this mysterious, charming man has disturbing ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Story and Direction:
This was at the top of my list of movies to see at Sundance, and it was freakin' incredible! Stoker has jumped up to the top of my list of films I've seen here so far, and even though it's possible something will knock it down a peg, I don't see it happening. This is...
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, and Nicole Kidman
Official Synopsis: 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, India begins to suspect this mysterious, charming man has disturbing ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Story and Direction:
This was at the top of my list of movies to see at Sundance, and it was freakin' incredible! Stoker has jumped up to the top of my list of films I've seen here so far, and even though it's possible something will knock it down a peg, I don't see it happening. This is...
- 1/21/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
I know Uncle Charlie says he just wants to be friends, but if this new (slightly spastic) trailer for Park Chan-wook’s “Stoker” is any indication, I think Uncle Charlie wants to be more than “just friends”. And not just with the young lass, either, but also with the young lass’s mother. Hey, Uncle Charlie likes to share. That’s just how he rolls, kids. Check out a new trailer for “Stoker”, the new horror/supernatural/drama from South Korean director Park Chan-wook, directing from a screenplay by “Prison Break’s” Wentworth Miller. Who knew the kid had this in him? After India’s father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie, who 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,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Stoker had its premiere at Sundance last night and the reception has been good from what I've gathered. A new UK preview has hit and you can watch it inside.
Written by Wentworth Miller and directed by Park Chan-wook, Stoker opens March 1st and stars Kidman, Matthew Goode, Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver and Lucas Till.
After India's father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. 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.
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Written by Wentworth Miller and directed by Park Chan-wook, Stoker opens March 1st and stars Kidman, Matthew Goode, Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver and Lucas Till.
After India's father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. 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.
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- 1/21/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Coming courtesy of the folks at Empire, here’s a brand new trailer for the eagerly-awaited film Stoker. Directed by Oldboy‘s Park Chan-Wook, who’s making his English-language debut, Stoker stars Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode and comes from a script by former Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller, who penned the original screenplay under a pseudonym. Also starring Jacki Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, Lucas Till and Alden Ehrenreich,Stoker is released on March 1st 2013.
After India’s (Wasikowska’s) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn (Kidman). 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.
After India’s (Wasikowska’s) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn (Kidman). 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.
- 1/21/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
A few days ago we shared the first clip from Stoker, where you had a chance to check out Nicole Kidman and her feelings about her spooky daughter India aka Mia Wasikowska. Today, we have a completely new trailer for Park Chan-wook‘s upcoming thriller which opens in less than two months, and as usual – we definitely recommend you to check it out. But please, do not disturb this freaky family!
So, as you already know, Park Chan-wook directed this psychological thriller from a script written by Wentworth Miller which centers on a young woman who gets an unexpected visit from her uncle soon after her father passes away. Although she has suspicions about his motives, she finds herself drawn to him…
After India’s father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival,...
So, as you already know, Park Chan-wook directed this psychological thriller from a script written by Wentworth Miller which centers on a young woman who gets an unexpected visit from her uncle soon after her father passes away. Although she has suspicions about his motives, she finds herself drawn to him…
After India’s father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
A new international trailer for Park Chan-wook's upcoming thriller Stoker is online and can be watched below. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, the film hits theaters on March 1st. Written by Wentworth Miller, Stoker begins when India's (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). 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.
- 1/21/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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