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.
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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
What makes it watchable is the performance from Samantha Morton, who is riveting.
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Adler's portrait of emotional disintegration is in many ways as harrowing as Roman Polanski's Repulsion, thanks in large part to Morton's terrifying performance.
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Adler's screenplay is excellent; it isn't often that a film takes an insightful look at how people can become unraveled.
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Adler does a remarkable job of conveying the kind of anguished soul sickness that is at a loss for words or conventional expression.
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It is buoyed by an unflinching performance from newcomer Samantha Morton, a young British actress who is willing to expose not only her body but her inner being as well.
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