Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Edition)
by Gregg Araki
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Actor: Chase Ellison, Chris Mulkey, George Webster (IV), Lisa Long, Rachael Nastassja KraftDirector: Gregg Araki
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-20
Audience Rating: NC-17
Studio: Strand Releasing
Movie Reviews of Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Edition)
Movie Review: Painful story of two damaged boys
Summary: 4 Stars
It's not an easy film to watch. Two boys suffer sexual abuse as children; one remembers it and the other does not, until much later.
It is not suitable for all viewers. Many will be put off by the hustling between men and a teenage boy, or by the language, or something else.
However, those who are able to handle it will find a disturbing, emotional journey in progress as the two boys, who lead disparate lives, eventually redisover each other and the complete truth is revealed about what happened to them so many years ago. It's both amusing and sad that one of them thinks he was a victim of alien abduction; that's how his mind explained the trauma to him.
The other boy is victimized even further; he sells himself to diseased and abusive older men to make money and perhaps to "own" what has happened to him.
You will not forget this one easily.
Summary of Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Edition)
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 FetzerDrama DVD Video
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