The film premiered at Sundance and the reviews were mostly positive . In '' The Guardian '' , critic Jeremy Kay called the film " a gorgeously mounted family mystery dressed up as a gothic fairytale " , and said the film presents viewers with clues worthy of Hitchcock : " Literary references and symbolism abound in '' Stoker '' . You can get tied up trying to figure out who is what . That is the idea . All the clues are there . You just have to look closely . " '' The Guardian '' awarded '' Stoker '' four out of five stars in its review
Sundance
2013 Sundance Film Festival
Stoker (film)