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Mysterious Skin

Overview

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

May 06, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Gregg Araki

Starring :

Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Lisa Long, Bill Sage

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

4 of 5

“..worth seeing...”
by Blake French [Filmcritic]
4 of 5

“..unquestionably worth seeing for its performances and its uncompromising direction...”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
3 of 4

“..sensual and comic, bizarre and piercing, brutal and otherworldly,..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
4 of 5

“..reflects grim, unrelenting intelligence...”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
2 of 5

“..pretentious and rather repellent melodrama...”
by Neil Smith [BBC Films]
2 of 4

“..more palatable but less illuminating...”
by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4

“..isn't all that interesting..”
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
2.5 of 5

“..interesting..”
by Susan Green [Boxoffice Magazine]
5 of 5

“..Gregg Araki's mature and beautifully crafted new film..”
by Deborah Hornblow [The Hartford Courant]
2 of 5

“..fails mostly on the level of story..”
by Richard Nilsen [The Arizona Republic]
3 of 4

“..Araki's most accomplished and lucid film..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3.5 of 4

“..Araki has given a gorgeous glow to a disturbing, often sordid subject, and has gotten first-rate turns from his estimable cast..”
by Stephen Schaefer [Boston Herald]
4 of 5

“..a story that is psychologically rich, emotionally haunting, and technically superior..”
by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
4 of 5

“..a genuinely impressive and thoughtful film..”
by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
4.5 of 5

“..a challenging and ultimately moving film..”
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]

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