MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG: MYSTERIOUS SKIN REVIEW
Spotted in Nashville City Paper's Mysterious Skin Review:
Mysterious Skin is a film that dramatically and at times graphically deals with the ramifications of child molestation. The two main characters are each molested by their little league coach as boys. The story then catches up with them in their early 20s, and each has reacted differently to their experiences. One, played by former Third Rock from the Sun star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is now a prostitute still filled with love and resentment for his abuser. The other, played by Brady Corbet, has blocked out the incident and has convinced himself he was abducted by aliens. The two finally meet up after 10 years apart to try to deal with their past.
When the film deals with the peripheral cast, the quality of the movie gets a little shaky (neither Michelle Trachtenberg nor Elisabeth Shue are particularly convincing in their roles). But the focus stays mostly on Gordon-Levitt and Corbet, and both do great work selling their roles, Gordon-Levitt in particular. The anger and ambivalence he brings to his character is remarkable. Mysterious Skin is not an easy film to watch, but director Gregg Araki and his cast infuse it with enough humanity and emotion to make it worth seeing. Now playing exclusively at the Belcourt.
Mysterious Skin is a film that dramatically and at times graphically deals with the ramifications of child molestation. The two main characters are each molested by their little league coach as boys. The story then catches up with them in their early 20s, and each has reacted differently to their experiences. One, played by former Third Rock from the Sun star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is now a prostitute still filled with love and resentment for his abuser. The other, played by Brady Corbet, has blocked out the incident and has convinced himself he was abducted by aliens. The two finally meet up after 10 years apart to try to deal with their past.
When the film deals with the peripheral cast, the quality of the movie gets a little shaky (neither Michelle Trachtenberg nor Elisabeth Shue are particularly convincing in their roles). But the focus stays mostly on Gordon-Levitt and Corbet, and both do great work selling their roles, Gordon-Levitt in particular. The anger and ambivalence he brings to his character is remarkable. Mysterious Skin is not an easy film to watch, but director Gregg Araki and his cast infuse it with enough humanity and emotion to make it worth seeing. Now playing exclusively at the Belcourt.
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