My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Stoker (2013)

Park Chan-wook directs his English debut. Mia Wasikowska stars as India, a strange detached teenager whose father died in a car accident, leaving a mentally unbalanced wife, played by Nicole Kidman. At her father’s funeral her Unclie Charlie arrives and this sends her into a maddening journey of sexual awakening and curious destruction. It’s an eerie story with a main character that is so odd that at times I couldn’t figure out what she wanted, which was great. I wouldn’t say this is Chan-wook’s best work and it could have used some more clarity but it’s a decent little film. Mia is wonderful and the best part of the show. She’s proof she’s an up-and-coming talent. Grade: B
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