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Mysterious Skin   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: B 6 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B 1161 ratings  User Reviews (86 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  21-30 of 86  |   Next   Overall Grade: A Story: A- Acting: A Direction: A- Visuals: A- didnt get the recognition it deserved by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Apr 23, 2006) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful this film was quite shocking when you first see it, but when you look beyond some of the harder scenes, it has an amawing storyline, which has affected me so much in so m... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: B+ Acting: B+ Direction: A Visuals: A Beautifully ugly by Sidney (movies profile) (Jul 22, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful For those of you who know nothing of "Mysterious Skin," all you need to know is that it is a movie about the impact of child sexual abuse. This is not a subject that Hol... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Absolutely Amazing by ERIND (movies profile) (Jul 19, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful This was not only one of the most amazing movies that I have seen but at the same time was one of the most disturbing. This movie moved me in a way that I have not been... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A- Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: B+ I liked it by Bruce (movies profile) (May 24, 2006) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful I liked it. I felt the same way about the book. It's a good coming of age story with a good mystery in it that gets a satisfying and kind of shocking resolution. The myst... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A- Great by Frank (movies profile) (Jul 12, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful I just saw the movie and it was great, I read the book befor i saw the movie and together thay made it understanable. The acting was outstanding, I commend all who acted... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: B+ Acting: A- Direction: A- Visuals: A- Moving, Yet Difficult to Watch by Paul D (movies profile) (Jun 29, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful This is perhaps Gregg Araki's most mature film to date and is an adaptation of Scott Heim's novel. The subject is not easy to watch -- bringing details of child sexual ab... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A "Mysterious Skin" by Heather (movies profile) (Oct 13, 2006) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful "Mysterious Skin" is a highly multifaceted movie showing the many damaging affects of childhood molestation. The main characters go to great lengths to not confront the... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A heartbraking! by Dana (movies profile) (Apr 9, 2006) 6 of 12 people found this review helpful Gregg Araki definitely has Jesus in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't be doing a film with such a powerful message against the Evil, against the worst thing that can possi... Full Review Overall Grade: C- Story: C Acting: B- Direction: C- Visuals: D+ Exploitative and Disturbing Selective Memory Tale by Ed (movies profile) (Oct 15, 2007) 3 of 6 people found this review helpful I never read Scott Heim's source novel, but regardless, I am genuinely bewildered by the praise heaped upon director-screenwriter Gregg Araki's amateurish 2005 feature ab... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A Mysterious Skin/ Mysterious Omission by THOMAS (movies profile) (Apr 23, 2006) 1 of 2 people found this review helpful This is an award worthy film on all fronts. Provocative, insightful, funny, sexy, moving and ultimaitely disciplined and original. This is one of my top movies of 2005.... Full Review Previous   |  21-30 of 86  |   Next