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Mysterious Skin is a 2004 drama film about two boys who were sexually abused as children and how it affects their lives. The film is based on a novel by Scott Heim and directed by Gregg Araki, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet.
IMDb provides information on the drama film Mysterious Skin, directed by Gregg Araki and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet. The film explores the effects of childhood sexual abuse and alien abduction on two boys' lives.
Mysterious Skin is a masterpiece on a topic that should not exist but unfortunately does. It is truly a special film. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Two boys, Brian and Neil, share a mysterious experience as children that affects their lives in different ways. Brian believes he was abducted by aliens, while Neil becomes a gay prostitute and seeks the truth.
Available on DVD at www.strandreleasing.comDirector Gregg Arakis MYSTERIOUS SKIN, adapted from Scott Heims acclaimed novel, is an intensely powerful chronicl...
“Mysterious Skin,” written and directed by Gregg Araki and based on a novel by Scott Heim, is at once the most harrowing and, strangely, the most touching film I have seen about child abuse. It is unflinching in its tough realism; although there is no graphic sex on the screen, what is suggested, and the violence sometimes surrounding it, is painful and unsentimental.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim Mysterious Skin follows two boys on the cusp of adulthood in Kansas. Brian (Brady Corbet) is a shy introvert, obsessed by his own possible UFO abduction, while Neil (Joseph Gordon Levitt) is a cruel and icy beauty who sexualises his every encounter. As each of them follows their own very different journey, they seek to come to terms with the incident ...
In "Mysterious Skin," childhood trauma weaves a haunting tale as two boys, shaped by a shared dark secret, forge divergent paths. One spirals into reckless promiscuity, while the other clings to an alien fantasy, both grappling with the shadows of their past.
Despite its prickly subject, Mysterious Skin, with its stellar young performances, gloriously original soundtrack and outstanding direction, is a film that begs for repeat viewings.
Watch MYSTERIOUS SKIN, a 2005 film based on a novel by Scott Heim, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet. The film explores the dark secrets of two boys who played baseball together as children and reconnect as adults.
