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Director: The Guard Brothers
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From Time Out London
By straightening out Ji-woon Kim’s Korean horror movie, ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’, the Guard Brothers have made it more coherent and psychological, yet less dislocated and disturbing. Fresh from psychiatric hospital, Anna (Emily Browning) is welcomed home by her rebellious sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) and recently bereaved father (David Strathairn). The latter is receiving therapy from the late mother’s live-in nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). Sadly, the sisters’ conspiratorial closeness is undercut here by a superfluous suitor, Matt (Jesse Moss), who claims to know the truth about the night Anna’s mother died.The sisters suspect their step-mother, but what looks like a standard ‘home invasion’ scenario skews off into a world of hallucinatory dreams, body parts and floating ghosts. As in the original, the film slyly manipulates the audience’s perspective, and a brilliantly filmed climactic ‘reveal’ marks this British duo as a pair to watch.
Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 2018, April 23-29, 2009
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- Russell said...
- Posted on May 09 2009 17:43 A film with some great ideas and a nicely played lead, but ultimately it tries a bit too hard and the twists are kinda signposted, having said that a couple of times it will make you jump, but not enough to want to see it again.
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- Chloe said...
- Posted on Apr 30 2009 22:08 Very Good, quite jumpy AMAZING twist at the end. Must see FIlm!!!
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- Cappybear said...
- Posted on Apr 28 2009 00:11 Boring, formula stuff with overtones of Sixth Sense, only nowhere near as good.
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Cast & crew
Director: The Guard Brothers
Cast: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 87 mins
UK Release: Apr 24 2009
US Release: Jan 30 2009
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