In Her Skin

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Cast

Guy Pearce
as Mike Barber

Miranda Otto
as Elizabeth Barber

Ruth Bradley
as Caroline Red Robertson

Sam Neill
as David Reid

Kate Bell
as Rachel Barber

Khan Chittenden
as Manni

Graeme Blundell
as Ivan

John K. Butler
as Busker

Justine Clarke
as Irene

Diana Craig
as Joy

Diane Craig
as Joy

Jack Finsterer
as Patterson

Rebecca Gibney
as Gail

Eugene Gilfedder
as DePyle

Jeremy Sims
as McLean

Steven Vidler
as Drew

Kelley Abbey
as Zoe

Melissa Anderson
as Janice

Paul Bishop
as Doctor

Paul Denny
as Paramedic

Damien Garvey
as Box Hill Cop

Stephen Jenkins
as Richmond Cop

Claude Minisini
as Missing Persons Boss

Veronica Neave
as Yvonne

Veonica Neave
as Yvonne

Mia Storey
as Mary

Delaware North-Cavanaugh
as Cate, 8 Years Old

Charlie North-Cavanaugh
as Mourner

Sally Christie
as Ashleigh-Rose, 11 Years Old

Amber Ivers
as Rachel, 11 Years Old

Michael J. Demarinis
as Tony

Grace Silvestri
as Rosa

Jacqui Hall
as Susan

Karen Elayna Price
as Shoe Shop Keeper

Jerome Velinsky
as Dom

Ross Macrae
as Fireman

Patrice Fidgeon
as News Reporter

Maya Aleksandra
as Skye

Terry Annesley
as Thatcher

Andrew Blain
as Waddell

Shayler Conder
as Chrissy, 13 Years Old

Amanda Dettrick
as Dianne

Taryn Marler
as Jenny

Paris Morrissey
as Ashleigh-Rose, 8 Years Old

Lily Sinclair
as Rachel, 8 Years Old

Dana Harry
as Heather, 5 Years Old

Toni Forrest
as Heather, 9 Years Old

Karen Pert
as Accountant

Dena Kaplan
as Pregnant Girl with Pram

Tim Boyle
as Policeman #4

Dan Purdy
as Missing Persons Cop

Dan Purdey
as Missing Persons Cop

John Wonnacott
as Missing Persons Cop

Deborah Knight
as News Reader

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Critic Reviews for In Her Skin

Audience Reviews for In Her Skin

• Dec 08, 2012

  The acting is terrifyingly bad, it's just so hard to watch these morons obviously are not impatient about finding out their daughter's whereabouts. Despite being inspired by a true story, the film is still very uninventive and boring. This low budget thriller proves films based on true stories can be really dull.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Aug 13, 2012

  If it's true that the director claims "the film was made to give Rachel back her voice", I highly doubt that statement. It's more about Caroline than Rachel. And that's fine, but the pretense is offensive (just like a critic pointed out as to disguising the movie out as a true story rather than based on a true story). Apparently, the movie would have been boring had it been only about Rachel's "life", and not focusing on how she met her fate. A chilling story that's not so well told. The performances are okay, and the movie too could have been fine had they tried to tell the story more genuinely than relying more on technical expertise. Overall, just about watchable.
  familiar s Super Reviewer
• Sep 25, 2011

  A gradual buildup of dread and punctuated outbursts of explosive rage mark this disturbing true story adaptation from Australia. What distinguishes <i>In Her Skin</i> from other true crime stories is the unusual identity of the perpetrator and the monstrous method in which they carried out their senseless villainy. I think the less you know about the details of this case beforehand, the more emotional impact this movie will have in the moment, so I will not reveal them. Family unit Miranda Otto & Guy Pearce, who plays against type here, project a palpable combination of determination and desperation, while Ruth Bradley delivers an extremely brave & convincing performance. Her self-loathing rant in front of her father is one of the most powerful scenes I have witnessed in a long time.
  Doctor S Super Reviewer
• Sep 12, 2011

  Not a terrible movie. Just one that, unfortunately considering its based on a real event, isn't structurally sound nor is it that well written in some regards. And the ending is just absolutely shit in the sense that it almost tries to justify Caroline's actions by having her, for the first time in the movie, feeling good about herself at the end of the movie. The last shot is of Caroline looking better than ever smiling at the sky. What the fuck???? I don't know who decided to go with that as the ending, but they're completely retarded. At least switch the stuff around, have the Caroline stuff air BEFORE the family has the funeral, so there's that impact of what her actions have caused Rachel's family to go through, to at least give it some emotional weight. Having the Caroline scene at the prison last is just completely senseless and it takes away from what the movie should've really been about at the end and that's how, in a way, the family was driven closer together because of this madwoman's actions. Don't have the movie end with the killer feeling happy about her current situation. How incredibly stupid of them. Other than that, unfortunately, the movie isn't that well written so it almost feels like an above average TV movie. It feels like a movie you'd see on Lifetime and not something you'd actually pay to see. The movie is basically three stories in one: the family's side of her disappearance, the murderer's side of the events, and Rachel's side. And this is where the movie really falls apart, these segments on their own just don't gel at all. It's understandable that you'd like to get as much of the real story across, but at least do so if you know what you're doing. The movie has no flow, one scene you could be watching the parents dealing with the disappearance and the next scene will be Caroline four years prior to the murder. It just didn't mesh well together and that really made the movie a disaster. The reason this movie gets 2 stars is because of Ruth Bradley's performance, she was fantastic with the crap she was given. She was really quite convincing as a person who had SEVERE emotional issues who could lose it at just any moment. To the point that I believe that Ruth must have some pent up frustrations that she got to let out in this role. If it wasn't for her, I don't know how bad this movie would be. I wouldn't even say it would have been bad, because the rest of the cast was decent enough, it was just an incompetently put together movie. But Ruth Bradley was really the highlight of an underwhelming, unfortunately so, movie.
  Jesse O Super Reviewer

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