Mysterious Skin (2005) movie poster

Mysterious Skin (2005)

"Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget."
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👍 76%audience score
Critics Score
🎬 80%
Drama

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Director
Gregg Araki
Runtime
1h 45m
Country
United States of America, Netherlands
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.6/10 (1,245 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
74

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick · 72% avg
Brady Corbet as Brian Lackey · 63% avg
Michelle Trachtenberg as Wendy Peterson · 68% avg
Jeffrey Licon as Eric Preston
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Avalyn Friesen · 72% avg
Elisabeth Shue as Mrs. McCormick · 76% avg
Lisa Long as Mrs. Lackey
Bill Sage as Coach · 65% avg

Is Mysterious Skin good?

Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 1,245 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1694 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#90 / 180 · 2005

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. Wikipedia ↗

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[SUGGEST] Mysterious Skin (2005), a challenging, moving, beautiful, and out-of-the-ordinary coming-of-age movie. It stars Joseph Gorden-Levitt and he is absolutely amazing in it.
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