2008-08-26 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
'Mysterious Skin' definitely tackles a wallop of a subject, and in doing so, it fearlessly portaits an utterly heart-breaking, though moving, and quiete often disturbing story that is ultimately powerful, and yes, mysterious.
2008-06-04 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
I believe of all the gay films I have watched over the years, this rates as one of the top 5. I watch this film over and over again. I just purchased one for some friends of mine. It is a story, not just sex. (Read full review at Amazon)
2008-04-16 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
From the trailer, I thought Mysterious Skin would act as an ample morsel in my dietary "artsy-fartsy film" plan. What I received in return was a film that documents the bitter residual effect of child molestation, and one that inflicts far too... (Read full review at Amazon)
2008-04-16 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
wow this movie is disturbing but great... sure the subject matter is wrong but wasn't the movie the graduate back in the late 1960's? or maybe the movie sophies choice... ok so there is alot of examples i can give over and over... the point this... (Read full review at Amazon)
2008-04-15 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
But I have owned this movie for over two years, so I thought I should at least give some personal reactions(I don't think another rehash of the plot is necessary).
Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Edition) Full Description
Though the subject matter of Mysterious Skin is as sensational as that of Gregg Araki's other films (such as Totally F***ked Up, The Doom Generation, or The Living End), his direction is richer and more multilayered than ever before. Two Kansas teenagers named Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 10 Things I Hate About You) and Brian (Brady Corbett, Thirteen) share a childhood trauma--but their responses are radically different: Neil hustles tricks, while Brady, who can't remember what happened, believes he was abducted by aliens and left with "missing time." As both try to make sense of their lives and Brian struggles to find out the truth, Mysterious Skin builds to an emotional pitch that some viewers will find uncomfortable and others will find liberating. The characters of Neil and Brian have a fullness that lifts Mysterious Skin above most examinations of sexual abuse and trauma. Gordon-Levitt has been deservedly praised by the critics, but the entire cast--which also includes Bill Sage (Simple Men), Elizabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24)--turns in superb performances. A striking and powerful movie. --Bret Fetzer
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