Stoker is a technically brilliant film, evident of the mastery of Chan-wook Park whose `revenge trilogy` is truly unforgettable and `Oldboy` in particular one of my favourite films of all time.  Unfortunately though it never becomes anything more than a technically brilliant film and even though there are scenes (like the one when Mia is brushing Nicole`s hair) that are simply magnificent, the overall result is more muddled than unsettling.  

Neither Goode managed to give me the chills, nor Kidman was engaging enough and the editing added to the confusion rather than to the suspense.  But Wasikowska was magnetising in a atmospheric and poetic film that had many signs of greatness but in the end was not great enough.