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Mysterious Skin
2004
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. Read more
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg |
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| Director | Gregg Araki |
| Genres | Drama |
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Mysterious Skin
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg |
|---|---|
| Director | Gregg Araki |
| Studio | TARTAN FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | None |
| Released | DVD: 24 Oct 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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When Todd Solondz broached the subject of child abuse in Happiness seven years ago, it felt groundbreaking. Lately though, pedophilia is almost as popular as bank robbery among the... read more »
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46 out of 67 people found this review helpful
Stunning movie
This film is the best of its kind i have ever seen. It is a rollercoaster from start to end. Superbly cast with the acting painfully believable. The film is very careful to stay in context and not over emphasise the graphic points leaving enough to the shocked imagination. my heart was pulled from scene to scene. As a victim of similar life to the lead role i felt strongly intuned to his life and truly believed his performance.
A must buy for anyone who can cope with the powerfull story and haunting visuals. -
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11 out of 16 people found this review helpful
WARNING PARENTS WONT LIKE THIS AT ALL
This is not a sci-fi film at all. Its not the gay side of it that concerns me its the scenes of a small boy being sexually abused and then going on selling himself for petty cash. It is peadophilic, not nice at all for any parent to watch. I wonder did the film maker donate the proceeds to this film into preventing child abuse. I think not !!!!!! THIS FLIM SHOULD HAVE A WARNING ABOUT ITS CONTENT
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Getting under Mysterious Skin
- 18 May 2005
With Star Wars fever sweeping across the nation, it would be easy to believe that no other new films were screening at UK cinemas this week. This is not the case though, as the critically acclaimed dark drama Mysterious Skin is released on May 20th. The film, directed by Gregg Akari, was selected for the Sundance, Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, and tells the story of two boys seeking to discover themselves after very different upbringings. Akari is relatively unknown as a director, his... Read more
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