Title: Dreadful remake of a great movie
Product review: This movie probably wouldn't seem so dreadful if you hadn't already seen Tale of Two Sisters, the Korean film from which it was adapted, and a excellent film. The plots are quite similar, some scenes even stolen completely from the original in staging, acting, and mood. But the Guard boys missed the point of the original movie, and as a result have made a boring, unscary and pointless film out of a terrifying, bittersweet one. The basic problem is the stepmother--the stepmother in Two Sisters is insane; she has to be insane in order to make the plot work. They seem not to have realized that. Add uninspired acting, a bunch of pawns playing out a logic puzzle as the girls try to figure out who their father's girlfriend really is, and none of the symbolism that the Korean film had. It's just a mediocre remake of a movie that shouldn't have been touched.
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