Mysterious Skin Reviews



  • Mysterious Skin
    • Genre : Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : R
    • Duration : 99 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : Tartan Films
    • Official Site : http://www.mysteriousskinthemovie.com/
    • Reviews Rate
      Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.

    • Readers Rate
      5 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • worth seeing.
    4 of 5 by Blake French [Filmcritic ]
  • unquestionably worth seeing for its performances and its uncompromising direction.
    4 of 5 by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon ]
  • sensual and comic, bizarre and piercing, brutal and otherworldly,
    3 of 4 by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
  • reflects grim, unrelenting intelligence.
    4 of 5 by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News ]
  • pretentious and rather repellent melodrama.
    2 of 5 by Neil Smith [BBC Films ]
  • more palatable but less illuminating.
    2 of 4 by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix ]
  • isn't all that interesting
    2 of 4 by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews ]
  • interesting
    2.5 of 5 by Susan Green [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • Gregg Araki's mature and beautifully crafted new film
    5 of 5 by Deborah Hornblow [The Hartford Courant ]
  • fails mostly on the level of story
    2 of 5 by Richard Nilsen [The Arizona Republic ]
  • Araki's most accomplished and lucid film
    3 of 4 by Tim Knight [Reel ]
  • Araki has given a gorgeous glow to a disturbing, often sordid subject, and has gotten first-rate turns from his estimable cast
    3.5 of 4 by Stephen Schaefer [Boston Herald ]
  • a story that is psychologically rich, emotionally haunting, and technically superior
    4 of 5 by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle ]
  • a genuinely impressive and thoughtful film
    4 of 5 by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic ]
  • a challenging and ultimately moving film
    4.5 of 5 by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News ]
  • 7 of 10 Reviewed by Anton Bitel [Movie Gazette ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by [E! Online ]
  • 4 of 4 Reviewed by A.O. Scott [Houston Chronicle ]
  • 3.5 of 4 Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Mostic [Iofilm ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Heather Wood [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Don R. Lewis [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Damon Wise [Empire Magazine ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
  • 2 of 5 Reviewed by Bill White [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]
  • Reviewed by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan ]
  • Reviewed by Bob Strauss [L.A. Daily News ]
  • Reviewed by David Rooney [Variety at Sundance 2005 ]
  • Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight ]

Reader's Reviews

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