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A Tale Of Two Sisters

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A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)

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Reviews Counted:52

Fresh:45

Rotten:7

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: Restrained but disturbing, A Tale of Two Sisters is a creepily effective, if at times confusing, horror movie.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: Something strange is happening when Su-mi and her younger sister Su-yeon come home to their father's large, but dark and somewhat foreboding house after a stay in the hospital. Their dad is... Something strange is happening when Su-mi and her younger sister Su-yeon come home to their father's large, but dark and somewhat foreboding house after a stay in the hospital. Their dad is taciturn and burdened and their step-mother, Eun-joo greets them with forced enthusiasm and more than a little sense of irritation. But that's nothing compared to what happens when bedtime rolls around. Su-mi unpacks her bags in her old room only to find her desk and closet full of someone else’s stuff. Su-yeong hears step foots outside her bedroom door and then sees a creepy, ghost-white hand opening the door – but there's no one there. Meanwhile, Eun-joo goes from pre-hysterical to cruel. Then things get really weird: A ghostly young woman is hiding under a kitchen cabinet; a terrifying ghoul visits So-mu's bedroom. Then dad tells a disbelieving Su-mi that Su-yeon has been dead for months. If that's true, what's in that big bag Eun-joo is beating with a poker, that thing that's leaving a blood trail? -- © Tartan Films [More]

Starring: Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Jung-ah Yum, Kap-su Kim

Starring: Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Jung-ah Yum, Kap-su Kim

Director: Ji-woon Kim

Director: Ji-woon Kim
Screenwriter: Ji-woon Kim

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Despite its third-act problems, A Tale of Two Sisters easily passes the scare test.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

a delirious mélange of styles that absorbs us for two solid hours

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Alternative | comment Comment
12/10/04
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative

As a ripe, almost Victorian-tinged contemplation of desperate sisterly devotion, it can be harrowing.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/14/04
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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... one of the best and most haunting of the recent Asian horror films.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/10/05
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It's a stunningly creepy specimen of Asian horror.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/09/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune
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Kim Jee-Woon's serious approach has its merits, but it also creates some problems that mar, without ruining, the film's effectiveness.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/09/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Plays like a gorgeous painting hanging in a gloomy gallery -- you stand in front of one corner, mesmerized by turquoise wallpaper or a burgundy rug, then a fleeting movement in another corner draws you over.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
12/03/04
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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A bit of cinematic showing-off that offers an intriguing puzzle but never really makes us care.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
01/14/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

That feeling of laden Victoriana oozes not just from the opulent settings, but from the sexual leviathans coiling and uncoiling in the subtext.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
01/06/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

I like what it's trying to do -- use a ghost story surface to tell a tale of guilt, blame, and madness -- but was disappointed in the conventional tactics it used.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
01/13/06
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Writer/director Ji-woon Kim leaps to the forefront of Asian horror with this brilliantly executed psychological nightmare.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
02/20/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Haunting presences, inexplicable cutaways, overwhelming suspense, deeply disturbing sub-themes and a general willingness to leave things unanswered. Fantastic!

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
06/05/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Kim's artful Tale may be stronger on atmosphere and mood than on story, but it contains hidden charges that chip away at the borders of certainty -- and that can be scary.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
12/03/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Fans of the genre will find much to savor with A Tale of Two Sisters.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/28/05
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Classic horror in the vein of Hitchcock, Argento and Miike...the scariest film in years!

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
12/15/04
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Precise direction that goes more for slow chills than quick frights, and a script with some startling twists, makes A Tale of Two Sisters a classy entry in the East Asian psycho-horror stakes.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/17/04
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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A very tasty exercise in supernatural and psychological horror.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/26/07
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film

When all is finally revealed, it becomes clear that the stylish spookiness was its own slim reward.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
12/16/04
Jurgen Fauth
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

Like a fairy tale set in a haunted house, this terrifying psychological horror yarn from Korea preys upon deep-rooted fears of adolescence, insanity and evil stepparents while scaring the bejabbers out of us.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/17/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Unnervingly conflates fairytale lore with the angst of adolescent sexual development.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/10/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
 
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