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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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The gorgeous slow-moving cinematography by Lee Mogae is remarkable.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/28/05
John Terauds
John Terauds
Toronto Star

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

This one makes you sweat.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
01/19/05
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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

... 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

The film seems unnecessarily vague on a rational level, but it's spot-on as a psychological study of a twinlike sibling relationship, and the ways in which memory can suppress trauma and soothe a mourning soul.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/07/05
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Ji-woon Kim may be the Korean David Lynch and his juxtaposition of seemingly innocent and suddenly searing situations is marvelously unnerving, as are the constantly shifting personalities of most of his characters.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/07/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

There's no denying the eye for hypnotic imagery employed by writer-director Ji-woon Kim and cinematographer Mo-gae Lee.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/07/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

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

We aren't meant to understand the story fully until the film's closing minutes, so the shocks and suggestions come in a muddled context.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/27/04
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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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

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

[Kim] creates stunning images ripe with meaning.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
12/17/04
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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Murky and pretty near incomprehensible.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
12/17/04
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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With style to spare, this Korean import cranks up the creeps through atmospheric sound design, slick cinematography and crimson-drenched art direction.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/17/04
E! Online

The creepy visuals, the slow-burning tension, the meticulous pauses for effect, and the staggered trail of clues and revelations inexorably draw the viewer in.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
12/16/04
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

A somber reflection on memory, adolescence and mourning.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
12/16/04
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
New York Times

A tour de force of psychological horror at its creepiest.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/16/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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The film succeeds again and again at pulling you to the edge of your seat and keeping you there.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
12/16/04
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Quite restrained for what's basically a horror movie, and very well acted.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
12/16/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
 
 
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