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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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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Kim Ji-woon's psychological skin-chiller painstakingly teases apart the traumas that bind a widower, his teen daughters... and his high-strung second wife in a suffocating web of guilt, suspicion and fear. The American remake, The Uninvited (2009), pales

Full Review Source: Miss FlickChick | comment Comment
03/01/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Houston Chronicle
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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

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

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

The atmosphere of mounting dread is matched by just-right performances, design and camerawork.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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This is a carefully structured film about grief and guilt, as well as horror. They don't resolve every disturbing moment or confusing element: they leave some questions hauntingly unanswered.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
01/17/06
Philippa Hawker
Philippa Hawker
Sydney Morning Herald

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

The film feels haunted by the relationship between Im and Moon, who cling to each other in the face of a hostile hostess, even though that may not be their best option.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

This movie scared the hell out of me!

Full Review Source: Movie Gurus | comment Comment
04/12/05
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Movie Gurus

...yet another pointless, interminably paced Asian horror flick that's inexplicably garnered heaps of praise and adulation...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment 3 Comments
03/28/05
David Nusair
David Nusair
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There’s more rank dread and inscrutable mystery in any one scene of this South Korean psychological thriller than in all the American horror films of the past 10 years.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/13/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Well-tread territory.

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03/09/05
Zach Hines
Zach Hines
Filmcritic.com
N/R

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02/26/05
Boston Phoenix
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There's a reason why Hollywood has been so busy in recent years remaking Asian horror movies. Scare for scare, they're generally better.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/25/05
Renee Graham
Renee Graham
Boston Globe
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Even though its components may be familiar, it is made with precision and sophistication and is, by default, better than any original American horror film of the past few years.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
02/22/05
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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

May move a bit slowly for American tastes, and the inexplicable bits may occasionally frustrate, but you slip into the rhythms of the film almost despite yourself.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
02/04/05
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

It may not be a pretty picture, but A Tale of Two Sisters is definitely a satisfying piece of less-is-more cinematic horror.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/30/05
Jennie Punter
Jennie Punter
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