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Mysterious Skin (2005) Movie Reviews
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The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
A gorgeous, heartbreaking and utterly convincing work of art....read the complete Mysterious Skin (2005) review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Mysterious Skin dawdles more than it flows, but it comes alive whenever Araki, hovering between tragedy and voyeurism, reveals how sex can tear lives to pieces....read the complete Mysterious Skin (2005) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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Slate (David Edelstein)
Araki is trying to work from the inside out; and he captures feelings about sexual exploitation that I've never seen onscreen--not all of them negative....read the complete Mysterious Skin (2005) review at Slate (David Edelstein)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Bill White)
Had Araki chosen to illuminate, rather than exploit, the traumatic aftermath of child molestation, his wallow in the horrors of Mysterious Skin might have had a purpose. As it stands, his film is just another trashy look at America as the land of...read the complete Mysterious Skin (2005) review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Bill White)
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