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03/26/09
Under the Skin (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 19
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Iris (Samantha Morton, SWEET & LOWDOWN, JESUS' SON) a young working class English woman, loses herself in a string of casual lovers as a way of coping with the death of her beloved mother (Rita... [More]
Starring: Claire Rushbrook, Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham, Stuart Townsend
Director: Carine Adler
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Reviews for Under the Skin
Top CriticNo review available.
03/20/08
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06/24/06
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12/06/05
Top CriticNo review available.
08/29/05
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04/25/03
Top CriticIn what is one of the great “woman-descends-into-madness” flicks alongside “Repulsion,” Morton is never less than searing.
01/02/03
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12/08/02
Top Critic... a raw and occasionally depressing first film with moments of chilling recognition and a remarkable young star.
08/08/02
Reminds us what it's like to see an actress go to work when she has a juicy role to play.
01/28/02
In her feature debut, Adler shapes her film gracefully and elicits a scorching no-holds-barred, totally selfless portrayal from Morton.
02/14/01
Top CriticI would not want to spend much time with this Iris, and frankly the 85 minutes Under the Skin runs is longer than anyone should have to spend with her.
01/01/00
Made with a novelist's eye for detail and a quietly impassioned visual flair.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Top CriticDelightfully freighted with heavy sensuality, some deadpan comedy, and a character whose loneliness should strike a chord in all of us.
01/01/00
Morton makes Iris real. Every moment she's on screen, the actress forces us to accept Iris as a living, breathing individual.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhile Ms. Morton embodies the role with furious intensity and with a raw yet waifish presence that brings both Emily Watson and Claire Danes to mind, Ms. Adler directs the film in ways that live up to its title.
01/01/00
Top CriticAfter a promising beginning ... the crux of the story ... is taken for granted and any established empathy for Iris' sad plight dwindles fast.
01/01/00
It isn't often that a film offers a heroine who is this aggressive, angry and self-punishing, and the filmmaker and her star work in perfect harmony to get at all the complexity behind it.
01/01/00
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