If you like mysteries and enjoy deciphering visual symbolism, "Stoker" should appeal to you.
Devastated by her father's death, high-school senior India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) attends the funeral party gathered for refreshments at the family's country estate, where she meets Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), her father's younger brother who she never knew existed. India's Aunt Gwendolyn (Jacki Weaver) and family friend Mrs. McGarrick (Phyllis Somerville) know Charlie all too well, however, and are deeply upset that he has reappeared in their lives. The basis for their fear is the mystery that the film gradually unravels.
Handsome, suave Uncle Charlie has an interest in India that seems more than avuncular. He also has an eye for India's mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman), whose pampered, privileged life has left her unprepared to be anything more than the perfect hostess. Family tensions grow as this coming-of-age story progresses to a violent ending.
Devastated by her father's death, high-school senior India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) attends the funeral party gathered for refreshments at the family's country estate, where she meets Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), her father's younger brother who she never knew existed. India's Aunt Gwendolyn (Jacki Weaver) and family friend Mrs. McGarrick (Phyllis Somerville) know Charlie all too well, however, and are deeply upset that he has reappeared in their lives. The basis for their fear is the mystery that the film gradually unravels.
Handsome, suave Uncle Charlie has an interest in India that seems more than avuncular. He also has an eye for India's mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman), whose pampered, privileged life has left her unprepared to be anything more than the perfect hostess. Family tensions grow as this coming-of-age story progresses to a violent ending.