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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Jung-ah Yum, Kap-su Kim
Director: Ji-woon Kim
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Reviews for A Tale Of Two Sisters
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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 |
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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 |
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A very tasty exercise in supernatural and psychological horror. Full Review |
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Despite its third-act problems, A Tale of Two Sisters easily passes the scare test. Full Review |
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The atmosphere of mounting dread is matched by just-right performances, design and camerawork. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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This movie scared the hell out of me! Full Review |
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...yet another pointless, interminably paced Asian horror flick that's inexplicably garnered heaps of praise and adulation... Full Review |
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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 |
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Well-tread territory. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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Writer/director Ji-woon Kim leaps to the forefront of Asian horror with this brilliantly executed psychological nightmare. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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