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Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy") makes his English language debut with what looks to be a deliciously wicked, unapologetically melodramatic potboiler about a teenage girl (Mia Wasikowska) who struggles with feelings of both lust and horror toward the mysterious uncle she never knew she had (Matthew Goode), who has come to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Nicole Kidman) after the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney). If this is...
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Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy") makes his English language debut with what looks to be a deliciously wicked, unapologetically melodramatic potboiler about a teenage girl (Mia Wasikowska) who struggles with feelings of both lust and horror toward the mysterious uncle she never knew she had (Matthew Goode), who has come to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Nicole Kidman) after the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney). If this is anything like Chan-wook's other tales of mystery, vengeance, and bizarre extremism, the initial setup probably has very little to do with the actual twisting, turning story ... and chances are the ending is going to be a doozy like nothing we've ever seen.
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