Skins

2002

Skins

Critics Consensus

Though at times melodramatic, Skins' harsh depiction of life on the reservation is an eye-opener.

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One hundred years after the massacre at Wounded Knee, the painful legacy of the Indian wars still reverberates through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the Oglala Sioux attempt to preserve their ancient dignity while living on welfare checks and surplus commodity food. Whiteclay, Nebraska, is a small town two miles south of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Their annual beer sales exceed 3.5. million per annum. More than 95% of those sales are to Lakota people from the Pine Ridge Reservation. For Rudy Yellow Lodge, the ramifications are clearly visible in the unemployment, domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse he confronts as a criminal investigator with the Pine Ridge Police Department. Rudy's job is to protect the inhabitants of the "rez" from themselves; he spends most nights locking up drunk and disorderly Indians, which frequently includes his alcoholic brother Mogie. Before long, Rudy finds himself taking the law into his own hands, disguised with black shoe polish and a stocking over his head. Rudy's alter ego is a vigilante bent on dispensing swift justice. Rudy's trail of vengeances ends tragically when he unwittingly injures Mogie while retaliating against the multi-million dollar liquor business generated in the tiny border town of Whiteclay. Ironically, Rudy and Mogie achieve some measures of redemption through this tragic mistake. As Mogie recuperates in the hospital, the brothers lay bare some of the darker, unspoken events of their past, and in so doing, begin the process of mending their fractured relationship. When Mogie succumbs to cirrhosis of the liver a few weeks later, Rudy travels to Mount Rushmore to honor his big brother, as well as his people, with final, liberating act of defiance.
  • Rating:
    R (for language and violence)
  • Genre:
    Art House & International, Drama
  • Directed By:
    Chris Eyre
  • Written By:
    Jennifer D. Lyne
  • In Theaters:
     limited
  • On Disc/Streaming:
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    First Look Media

Cast

Eric Schweig
as Rudy Yellow Lodge
Graham Greene (II)
as Mogie
Gary Farmer
as Verdell
Noah Watts
as Herbie
Lois Red Elk
as Aunt Helen
Michelle Thrush
as Stella
Nathaniel Arcand
as Teen Mogie
Chaske Spencer
as Teen Rudy
Elaine Miles
as Rondella
Wilda Asimont
as Neighbor
David Bald Eagle
as Old Soldier
Bruce Bennett
as Medical Examiner
Robert A. Bennett
as Officer Comes Running
Gil Birmingham
as Sonny Yellow Lodge
Joe Black Elk
as Drill Team Member No. 1
Kato Buss
as ER Doctor
Jenny Cheng
as Anchorwoman
Tokala Clifford
as Black Lodge Boy
Dale Cooks
as Young Stork
Lightning Jr.
as Young Stork
Chris Eyre
as Cop
Larry Dean Fuss
as FBI Agent
Leonard George
as Captain Eagleman
James Hatzell
as Hardware Clerk
Jacob Hjorten
as Liquor Store Clerk
Gansler Janis
as Drill Team Member No. 2
Tina Keeper
as Dr. Fitzgerald
Zahn McClarnon
as Elton Blue Cloud
Renae Morriseau
as Evangeline Yellow Lodge
Dillon Nelson
as Young Mogie
Canku One Star
as Young Rudy
Yellow Pony Pettibone
as Corky Red Tail
Myrton Running Wolf
as Ed Little Bald Eagle
Michael Spears
as Mr. Green Laces
Larry Swalley
as Shift Commander
Misty Upham
as Mrs. Blue Cloud
Markus J. Volimas
as Wally Roubaix
Charles White Elk
as Drill Team Member No. 3
Lisa White Face
as Wallina Four Strikes
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Audience Reviews for Skins

  • May 25, 2007
    This is one the wife picked and I had no idea what we were getting into. Ultimately, the film is a brutal look at the realities of life, or what passes for life, on a Lakota reservation. As always, Graham Greene is excellent!
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