65
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonMasterfully manipulative and bloody scary.
- 80Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposNo hack job. It has more impact than your Rings, Grudges, Eyes, Dark Waters…out there and it does it with a minimum of actual on-screen scares. Finally, a real filmmaker gives it like it should be given...and it hurts so good.
- 80L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyWhile all the pieces don't quite add up in the end, as memory, fantasy and delusion collide, the film succeeds again and again at pulling you to the edge of your seat and keeping you there.
- 75Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktChicago TribuneAllison BenediktIt's a stunningly creepy specimen of Asian horror.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittQuite restrained for what's basically a horror movie, and very well acted.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyIt manages to suspend disbelief without over-taxing the viewer's patience, and boasts at least one terrific performance, by actress Yeom Jeong-ah as a scary stepmom.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAlthough A Tale of Two Sisters has some excellent suspense sequences, it falters badly during the dramatic parts.
- 60The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayKim weaves these clichés into effectively nerve-wracking setpieces, though between the jumps, A Tale Of Two Sisters becomes mired in ponderous melodrama.
- 60Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonEither way, Kim's rather clumsily acted film remains monstrously effective ookiness, with crepuscular cinematography (by the Hollywood-destined Kim Byeong-il) that suggests a nightmare endured from inside a suffocating velvet pillowcase.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAwkward storytelling and spotty exposition reduce it to a string of rude shocks--not even the eventual denouement provides a lucid enough account of where this is all coming from.