It's an ideal collaboration: A stylish director desperately seeking substance transforms the first, somewhat flat novel of a promising young writer into powerful and brutally honest film about a highly controversial subject.
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
A well-conceived story that is very hard to shake.
60
Film Threat
Film Threat
By the end of Mysterious Skin, I felt physically exhausted but I also felt satisfied at the way it all falls into place.
40
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
Dull film about pedophilia that fails to shed any light on the topic.