After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior moti... Read allAfter India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 42 nominations total
- Housekeeper 2
- (as Lauren Roman)
- Young Charles Stoker
- (as Thomas Covert)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNicole Kidman originally turned down the role of Evelyn because she had just wrapped up filming The Paperboy (2012) and wished to spend time with her husband and kids. But, director Park Chan-wook was so eager to have her in the film that he chose to place the setting just five minutes from her home in Nashville, TN. Which allowed her to begin filming.
- Goofs(at around 57 mins) When India is pressing the number of Auntie Gin on her cellphone, she doesn't press the call button, but the end call button. In the next shot, her cellphone displays clock, not the dialing number.
- Quotes
India Stoker: He used to say, sometimes you need to do something bad to stop you from doing something worse.
- Crazy creditsThe credits scroll from top to bottom of the screen, rather than bottom to top, like in most scrolling end credits. Most of the credit sections (except for the copyright legalese and organization/union logo sections) accordingly appear in reverse order from the standard credit scroll ordering.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode dated 27 February 2013 (2013)
- SoundtracksStride La Vampa (from Il Trovatore)
Written by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Viorica Cortez
Courtesy of Megatrax Production Music
In Stoker, Park pays homage to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. Those who have seen Hitchcock's 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt wouldn't find it hard to draw parallels. Park limns a colorful canvas like only he can and his characters tread it like spirits caught in a limbo. While the characters are highly emotional, their strangely selfish actions make it difficult for the viewers to sympathize with them. Chung-hoon Chung's alluring cinematography gives the movie a hypnotic feel. The acting of movie's three lead characters viz. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode is quite brilliant and in that order.
Overall, Stoker is an intriguing work of cinema that despite managing to stoke the fire of curiosity may still leave any keen-eyed, intelligent viewer high and dry. Those accustomed to watching the quintessential Hollywood product are likely to find Stoker very strange and deeply disturbing. But, if you are looking for something different to break your monotonous daily routine then Stoker will surely not disappoint you. 8/10
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Lazos perversos
- Filming locations
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA(exterior scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,714,221
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $160,547
- Mar 3, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $12,077,441
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1