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

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Skins Photos

Director Chris Eyre on the set of SKINS.

The faces of Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Dull Knife, and Geronimo (L to R) imprinted over the US Presidents on Mount Rushmore.

GRAHAM GREENE stars as Rudy Yellow Lodge in Chris Eyre's SKINS.

ERIC SCHWEIG stars as Rudy Yellow Lodge in Chris Eyre's SKINS.

ERIC SCHWEIG (L) stars as Rudy Yellow Lodge and GRAHAM GREENE (R) stars as Mogie Yellow Lodge in Chris Eyre's SKINS.

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Movie Info

Rudy Yellowshirt (Eric Schweig) is an investigator with the police department and witnesses firsthand the painful legacy of Indian existence. Now faced with the discovery of a bloodied body, a flaming liquor store just off native land that sells millions of cans of beer a year to the native population, and his brother's ongoing self-destruction, Rudy goes on a quest to avenge himself, his family, and his culture and to seek justice.

Rating:

R (Language|Violence)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Chris Eyre
Writer:

Adrian C. Louis, Jennifer D. Lyne
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$239.0K
Runtime:

1h 27m
Production Co:

First Look International, Grandview Pictures, Starz! Encore Entertainment
Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

Eric Schweig
Rudy Yellow Lodge

Graham Greene
Mogie Yellow Lodge

Gary Farmer
Verdell Weasel Tail

Noah Watts
Herbie Yellow Lodge

Lois Red Elk
Aunt Helen

Michelle Thrush
Stella

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Critic Reviews for Skins

All Critics (58) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (24)

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September 7, 2011 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Skins is a wrenching, uncompromisingly bleak film, but its stars ... fill the screen with warmth, humor and spiritual yearning in the face of hardship and tragedy.

December 13, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Los Angeles Times
It's a haunting indictment of a situation that has by and large been swept under the rug by Americans -- a stirring look at one man's impotent rage.

November 7, 2002 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
To see this movie is to understand why the faces on Mount Rushmore are so painful and galling to the first Americans.

October 18, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Although mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar, every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn, to grow, to travel.

October 11, 2002 | Rating: 3/4

Susan Stark
Detroit News
What makes Skins compelling is how it opens our eyes to conditions on the reservation.

October 11, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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January 9, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Film Threat
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December 6, 2005 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

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October 1, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
While most of the acting was good, some of it was amateurish.

August 2, 2003 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
Like Smoke Signals, the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama

May 23, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
Rather quickly, the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation.

December 13, 2002 | Full Review…

Paul Malcolm
L.A. Weekly

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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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