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The film’s awkward hero is a painfully shy man with a Madagascar-shaped birthmark, who flees the nightmares of the city and the unhappy gropings of gay clubland. He ends up alone on a rocky seaweed-strewn seashore. In the strangest of circumstances he bumps into the larger than life, overtly heterosexual Flint, a cheeky bruiser .. Read more

Starring	Bernard Hill, John Hannah, Mark Anthony, Mark Pettit
Director	Chris Newby
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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- A thin, almost arid tale of an unlikely love, well acted, but directed with a greater interest in visual compositions than in people.
- 35178
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  - 11
  To graphic
  
  Watched the first 5 minutes and was turned off by graphic kissing.
  
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- 386873
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Manchester, UK
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 16:09
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- - 0
  - 0
  Save time and don't bother.
  
  Very disappointing. I was expecting a great deal more. Not only is it slow I just could not get to grips with the story.
  
  My opinion is that you give ... read more »
  
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- 1056259
- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 28 Oct 2011 at 14:39
- - 0
  - 0
  It's a good 'un!
  
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  I have to say i was quite surprised how much I like this film. I was also very surprised at how well Hill played his part. Not saying that he's a bad ... read more »
  
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- 917147
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tussie
  - 43 reviews
  - Bromley
  - 22 Aug 2010 at 22:54
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  - 1
  up its own....
  
  I never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather watch a Derek Jarman film! At least there's a chance of some good looking totty - call me shallow, but... read more »
  
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- - dibblecat
  - 5 reviews
  - Northwich
  - 16 Aug 2009 at 21:30
- - 0
  - 0
  O.M.G
  
  The film is tiring to watch, the imagery used but the director, boring, confusing or down right painful.
  
  This failed attempted at an art film, is at ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 29 Mar 2009 at 20:55
- - 0
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  What's it all about?
  
  This film can't decide whether it wants to be some kind of arty allegory or a straightfoward narrative romance. Either way, it left me baffled. Oh, and ... read more »
  
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- 724178
- - hoveman
  - 2 reviews
  - Hove
  - 11 Mar 2009 at 10:02
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  MADAGSCAR SKIN
  
  A PROMISING THOUGHT PROVOCING START ON THE VERY SHALLOWNESS OF THE GAY SCENE AND GAY MEN ONLY LOOKING NO FURTHER THAN THEIR NOSES. BUT THEN JUST GOING OFF TO A... read more »
  
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- - damagexx
  - 4 reviews
  - Redditch
  - 30 May 2008 at 17:12
- - 0
  - 0
  There's someone for us all
  
  It be a superficial judgement that said this was a gay film. It's not. It's a film about the finding commonality with other human beings, and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - from deep in the luscious green valleys of stunning Mid Wales.
  - 13 Jun 2007 at 16:27
- - 1
  - 1
  Madagascar Skin
  
  This film did not live up to its expectations. It is way too surreal in places - to clever for its own good. Your better off watching something else. If you do ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Nottinghamshire, England
  - 06 Apr 2007 at 22:15
- - 3
  - 0
  Very disappointing
  
  Was looking forward to this - as one of the few straight men you're likely to meet who loves gay cinema. However, this was arty-farty nonsense, a little ... read more »
  
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- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 04 Jan 2007 at 01:10
- - 32
  - 11
  To graphic
  
  Watched the first 5 minutes and was turned off by graphic kissing.
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester, UK
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 16:09
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- - 32
  - 11
  To graphic
  
  Watched the first 5 minutes and was turned off by graphic kissing.
  
  Report this review
- 386873
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Manchester, UK
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 16:09
- - 6
  - 1
  Stay with it........
  
  In Madagasgar Skin we have the story of a gay man played with deftly and intellegently by John Hannah who escapes from the impersonal and suffocating gay scene ... read more »
  
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- 282213
- - a customer
  - Liverpool, England
  - 04 Sep 2006 at 11:33
- - 3
  - 0
  Very disappointing
  
  Was looking forward to this - as one of the few straight men you're likely to meet who loves gay cinema. However, this was arty-farty nonsense, a little ... read more »
  
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- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 04 Jan 2007 at 01:10
- - 2
  - 1
  madacascar tripe
  
  Bloody nonsense! Never in the history of viewing have I made an error to sit through the majority of a movie so poor. Leave art on the walls and talent on ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - leicester, England
  - 15 Mar 2006 at 17:17
- - 3
  - 3
  CRAP
  
  too slow, I skipped through it after struggling through the first 15 min
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 18:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Skin Flick
  
  Very, very strange. What do you get if you cross the gay world, a recluse, a lot of arty direction and a film which just does not know where it is going?
  <... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Holmfirth
  - 18 Mar 2006 at 11:28
- - 1
  - 1
  Madagascar Skin
  
  This film did not live up to its expectations. It is way too surreal in places - to clever for its own good. Your better off watching something else. If you do ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 427730
- - a customer
  - Nottinghamshire, England
  - 06 Apr 2007 at 22:15
- - 0
  - 0
  There's someone for us all
  
  It be a superficial judgement that said this was a gay film. It's not. It's a film about the finding commonality with other human beings, and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 449517
- - a customer
  - from deep in the luscious green valleys of stunning Mid Wales.
  - 13 Jun 2007 at 16:27
- - 0
  - 0
  MADAGSCAR SKIN
  
  A PROMISING THOUGHT PROVOCING START ON THE VERY SHALLOWNESS OF THE GAY SCENE AND GAY MEN ONLY LOOKING NO FURTHER THAN THEIR NOSES. BUT THEN JUST GOING OFF TO A... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 570663
- - damagexx
  - 4 reviews
  - Redditch
  - 30 May 2008 at 17:12
- - 0
  - 0
  What's it all about?
  
  This film can't decide whether it wants to be some kind of arty allegory or a straightfoward narrative romance. Either way, it left me baffled. Oh, and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 724178
- - hoveman
  - 2 reviews
  - Hove
  - 11 Mar 2009 at 10:02

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  The film’s awkward hero is a painfully shy man with a Madagascar-shaped birthmark, who flees the nightmares of the city and the unhappy gropings of gay clubland. He ends up alone on a rocky seaweed-strewn seashore. In the strangest of circumstances he bumps into the larger than life, overtly ...