The opening scene is a funeral, Nicole Kidman furiously fanning herself with a sullen Mia Wasikovska alongside her noticing a stranger Matthew Goode watching on from a distance. It's not too long before we learn the funeral is of Kidman's husband and Wasikowska's father and that Goode is the mysterious and hitherto unknown brother of the deceased.
The uncle's arrival seems to foreshadow danger and so it proves. 'Stoker' is more style than substance and while it all bubbles along reasonably enough as a horror/thriller for its duration the moment the film is over you're left scratching your head over the lack of logic of it all.
★★1/2
Hello there! Your review of Stoker is spot on - all style, no substance. I was disappointed.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you Evol.
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