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UNDER THE SKIN (Read 3299 times)
Apr 27th, 2014 at 8:59pm

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The big selling point here is that Scarlett Johansson gets fully naked. Yes, she does.

Unfortunately, the movie itself is a long drawn out bore. It has style to burn. There are some decent ideas and a few interesting sequences. But, the mundane tone and the droning score (it's atmospheric at first, but, then grates) do little to enliven the tale. What modest symbolic import it has can't outweigh the dreary filmmaking.

This, in short, is the kind of Arthouse movie that gives Arthouse movies a bad name. Folks drawn to a theater to see Scarlett or interested in sci-fi will largely be disappointed. There were walkouts, and the crowd just sat there pretty quietly.

Despite the plentiful nudity, if this showed up at the Marathon, it would be the most divisive since DEMONLOVER.
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Reply #1 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 7:39pm

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It's funny how two similar people can respond so differently to the same film.
I loved it.
Not just ScarJo's ample nakedness (which I did enjoy), but the story engaged me fully and I cared about the characters.
It might have been a little long. As an editor I could see 10 or 15 minutes that might have been excised, but I feel that way about lots of films.
I look forward to seeing it again, possibly in the Marathon setting if the programers ever feel really bold.
 

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Reply #2 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 10:55pm

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I guess that I am somewhere in the middle although closer to Caleb.  There is a bit of pretentiousness to it that I did find mildly irksome.  I really liked the story as told from the invader's POV and only wished that they had expanded on this aspect of the tale. The movie does needs a 20 minute trim.  Nudity aside, she is very good in the role as a Stranger in a Strange land.   

My wife Fran's feelings are closer to LA's.   

We both agreed that it would not be a good marathon choice.  Wrong venue mostly.
 

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