It bites hard.
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09/27/02
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Skins (2002)
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Reviews Counted:57
Fresh:34
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Though at times melodramatic, Skins' harsh depiction of life on the reservation is an eye-opener.
Theatrical Release:Sep 27, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: SKINS, based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, is the impressive second feature of Native American director Chris Eyre (SMOKE SIGNALS). Filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation... [More]
Starring: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk
Director: Chris Eyre
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Reviews for Skins
Top CriticAlthough shot with little style, Skins is heartfelt and achingly real.
09/27/02
Less than engaging and certainly choppy, increasingly melodramatic and, I hate to say it, but often amateurish, the film squanders its potential and makes one hope that Eyre isn't regressing in his filmmaking abilities and efforts.
09/27/02
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09/27/02
Nice performances, real texture, real anger and real humanity.
09/27/02
Top CriticFor a location-made movie offering scenes and characters a refreshing world apart from the usual tinsel, Skins does its subject proud.
09/27/02
The movie becomes talky and preachy, making grand statements without any of the passion for storytelling that Smoke Signals had.
09/27/02
Skins has a desolate air, but Eyre, a Native American raised by white parents, manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor.
09/27/02
It may be tougher than Smoke Signals, but Skins lacks both the coherence and the crowd appeal that marked Eyre's earlier movie.
09/27/02
Top CriticChris Eyre pulls no punches in his sophomore effort, an angry portrait of life on the impoverished Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
09/26/02
Skins has a right to yawp, and we have a right to our grains of salt.
09/26/02
Might have been better off as a documentary, with less of Mr. Eyre's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage.
09/26/02
Top CriticWorks both as an engaging drama and an incisive look at the difficulties facing Native Americans.
09/26/02
This bold and cathartic drama deserves to be experienced by those who cherish intimate dramas about individuals struggling against all odds to practice love, compassion, and forgiveness.
09/26/02
If Eyre wanted to tell a story of outrage and dignity, he should have guarded against so much preachiness.
09/26/02
As social exposé, Skins has its heart in the right place, but that's not much to hang a soap opera on.
09/24/02
A genuine glimpse into an inscrutable culture that's virtually screaming for survival.
09/24/02
The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America's indigenous people, but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart, one which it fails to get.
09/10/02
Skins could be dismissed as a mean spirited film ... if only it weren't so accurate in its depiction of man's shallowness.
08/14/02
Passionate -- but mostly unremarkable -- filmmaking.
08/13/02
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