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Audience Rating: NC-17
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0712267260027
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Strand Releasing
Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Strand Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 20, 2006
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 4305
Studio: Strand Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - mysterious skin
'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.
The story is about two 18 year old boys, Neil and Brian, who were victims of sexual abuse 10 years ago by their little league coach (Bill Sage). The film focuses on each boy as Brian desperately tries to remember what happened to him while the other, Neil, can't ... Read More
Rating: - Mysterious Skin
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.
Rating:  - Overwhelmingly disturbing.
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 emotional pain in the viewer. One could argue that it's done in a tasteful way, as was the way the film was described to me by a clerk at Blockbuster (who was quite cryptic on the subject matter before I rented the film), but I would have to disagree. 'Mysterious ... Read More
Rating: - under rated movie
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 movie is different and none hollywood in every way making it way better then the rest... so if you like hollywood movies u might hate this...
Rating: - I really think 113 reviews is enough!
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).
The "tagline" (I think that means the line that appeared on many of the original posters) is "One can't remember...and the other can't forget." Not many have pointed out that in a sense, Neil (Gordon-Levitt) is just as stuck back there in the past as Brian (Corbet) is. Neil knew he was gay before "Coach" picked him out, and, in fact, ... Read More
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