Under the Skin

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Under the Skin

R

2014

1h 48m

Sci-Fi

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Disguising herself as a human female, an extraterrestrial (Scarlett Johansson) drives around Scotland and tries to lure unsuspecting men into her van.

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Its message may prove elusive for some, but with absorbing imagery and a mesmerizing performance from Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin is a haunting viewing experience.

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Wael Khairy

RogerEbert.com

Mar 21, 2024

By envisioning a world where the consumers get consumed, the film calls for a reconceptualization of human and nonhuman relationships. “Under the Skin” denies human exceptionalism and supremacy.

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Kjerstin Johnson

Bitch Media

Jan 21, 2021

What started off as a potentially feminist film fell into a tired fairytale.

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Sarah Mirk

Bitch Media

Jan 20, 2021

It does not develop a plot so much as a fascinating feeling of underlying horror.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

1 day ago

A-

[Under the Skin is] engaging, seductive and totally f*cked in the head. It's just enough to temporarily numb your psyche and challenge your assumptions of what cinema ought to be.

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Christos Tsiolkas

The Saturday Paper

Aug 19, 2026

Under the Skin intimates that the search for spiritual or emotional renewal is doomed by the presence of death. The alien resists her temptation to feed on human life, but this results in her own body beginning to decay and to betray her.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 19, 2024

C+

While this film features some interesting themes, it’s also methodical, mundane at times and feels like a bunch of random brushstrokes.

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sandie

Oct 19, 2023

best movie to ever exist

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Maurice S

@Moonbeam57 21 hrs ago

I watch this film every evening because Scarlett Johanson interviewing men is a must see,funny and scintillating to watch.The shots of the town,country,bus and sea also make interesting viewing.

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Midas M

@Heresbonesartler 2 days ago

Its a good start but it leaves you very unsatisfied... no explaination, no plot, no nothing to go with. Its a hollow shell, its a highly overrated waste of your precious time

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ben F

@BenFranz 3 days ago

Scarlett Johansen couldn’t carry this dull, oddly written and directed film. If I didn’t already know they were aliens then I would have been confused what entity they were. Many scenes of the movie had no music or dialog just silence. Dull not suspenseful.

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Cris H

@RT55086396 4 days ago

Didn’t understand the story. Super slow and doesn’t build up to anything

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Kevin P

@RT55971421 4 days ago

A delightfully creepy and existential sci-fi horror thriller that will slowly and meticulously fill you with unease and melancholy. Scarlett Johnasson does a great job playing an alien disguising itself as a beautiful woman to lure men to their doom in Scotland. It's really impressive how much of the movie was shot with hidden cameras with real bystanders in Scotland and it really adds to the realism. I loved the gorgeous eerie hypnotic & surreal cinematography, imagery, and sound design. I loved the creepy organic soundtrack. It's intriguing watching this alien skin walker exploring the human condition with her new identity crisis. The film is full of quiet visual storytelling with many scenes in the stillness of nature. The atmospheric slow burn is mostly great, but sometimes the pacing can drag a little in the middle. It's a daring original film that subverts and deconstructing the male gaze and what true power really looks like for gender dynamics on the modern world.

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Synopsis

Disguising herself as a human female, an extraterrestrial (Scarlett Johansson) drives around Scotland and tries to lure unsuspecting men into her van.

Director: Jonathan Glazer
Producer: Nick Wechsler, James Wilson
Screenwriter: Jonathan Glazer, Walter Campbell
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Film4, FilmNation Entertainment, Sigma Films, Nick Wechsler Productions, UK Film Council, JW Films, Scottish Screen, Creative Scotland, British Film Institute (BFI), Silver Reel
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 25, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.6M
Runtime: 1h 48m

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