STOKER

Credits: 
Director - Chan-wook Park
Writer - Wentworth Miller
Cast:  Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney
Studio:  Fox Searchlight

When I heard Wentworth Miller (PRISON BREAK's leading man) was trying his hand at writing I was skeptical, but read the script with an open mind.  I'm glad I did...although it definitely made me wonder about Miller's childhood.  The story is a thriller about a teenager (Wasikowska) who is finding it difficult to deal with  her offbeat mother (Kidman) and the loss of her father (Mulroney) until her mysterious uncle (Goode) moves into her family's house.  Chan-wook Park (S. Korean director of OLD BOY, which Spike Lee is re-making) took the gritty action in the story and juxtaposed it with beautiful imagery, which made the thriller elements that much more eerie.  Even Matthew Goode, who is less frightening than a ladybug, did a great job of selling himself as a psycho.  That being said, I would've liked to have seen a more cunning guy in the role (like say Jonathan Rhys Meyers), but Goode was definitely solid.  As was the rest of the cast.  I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Mia Wasikowska does next.  But I digress.  Overall the story was solid.  Miller did a great job on the script and Park did a great job translating it to the silver screen.

I give this one a recommend w/conditions.  If you are a film geek like me and you love to see beautiful cinematography on the big screen, then you should go to your local indie theater and check this one out.  If not, then put it in your queue.