Mysterious Skin
Look! there's the aliens!....
This indie film takes a look at childhood sexual abuse, and the consquences for the victims. The two male leads were both abused by their baseball coach as little kids. Now as adults, the one is a male hustler, while the other has concocted an alien abduction as his way of dealing with the past. While they spend most of the movie apart, dealing with the people in their lives, they reunite towards the end for resolution. Reviews have been mixed.
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Credits Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Brady Corbet , Elisabeth Shue , Michelle Tachtenberg , Bill Sage
Director
Gregg Araki
Screenplay Gregg Araki, from the novel by Scott Heim Music Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie Cinematography Steve Gainer Sound formats Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS Soundtrack Not available Made in 2004 Produced by Desperate Pictures, Antidote Films, Fortissimo Film Sales
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FPB Report (SA) Genre Drama Language Frequent, strong, almost gratuitous Nudity Almost explicit, sexual Sex Strong, frequent, intense, graphic Violence Infrequent, intense, bloody Prejudice Mild and occassional Blasphemy None Drug abuse None Comments Various scenes involve child sexual abuse and violence implied strongly. Risque sexual acts. These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB . Read the Classification Guidelines .
Ratings Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus Derek Wilson 15
Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg 15
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal 18
Sowetan Tankiso Komane 15
The Star Desson Thomas 16
Sunday Times Barry Ronge 15
International Media BBC (UK) Neil Smith 5
Box Office (USA) Susan Green 8
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 18
eye Weekly (Canada) Adam Nayman 13
The Times (UK) Wendy Ide 15
Internet (IMDB) 1283 Netizens 16
Average .. 70% 14
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