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- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 48 m
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 48 m
Summary An alien seductress (Scarlett Johansson) preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.
Directed By: Jonathan Glazer
Written By: Walter Campbell, Michel Faber, Milo Addica, Jonathan Glazer
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 48 m
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 48 m
Under the Skin
6.8
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Summary An alien seductress (Scarlett Johansson) preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.
Directed By: Jonathan Glazer
Written By: Walter Campbell, Michel Faber, Milo Addica, Jonathan Glazer
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
82
81% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
13% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
82
81% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
13% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
This is a movie that at its most sensitive is about loneliness, and at its bleakest and most searching is a look at the mechanics of sexual predation.
This stark and intensely controlled film is the work of a powerful visual stylist and storyteller, one who looks like he belongs on the short list of directors who have carried the narrative methods of the silent era deep into modern cinema.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 534 User Ratings
6.8
66% Positive
354 Ratings
354 Ratings
16% Mixed
83 Ratings
83 Ratings
18% Negative
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 534 User Ratings
6.8
66% Positive
354 Ratings
354 Ratings
16% Mixed
83 Ratings
83 Ratings
18% Negative
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
A genuinely weird and haunting little SF/horror/art flick that does get under one's skin. It stars Scarlett Johansson as an alluring but deadly creature of some kind. She roams around dull sections of urban Scotland in a plain van, picking up solitary men and doing something very strange to them. Around halfway thru, things change, and it becomes an interesting exploration indeed. The dialogue is very sparse, and the soundtrack is dominated by Mica Levi's dark score. There is some fine cinematography of Scottish winter landscapes towards the end.
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Here's a movie I love to stare at in awe at how succesfully it manages to keep my atention, despite it's very slow pace.
One of the very few movies have made my heart almost stop with some of its imagery and sound.
It's a haunting masterpiece that's as fascinating as it is captivating
I love it.
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Glazer’s astonishing film takes you to a place where the everyday becomes suddenly strange, and fear and seduction become one and the same.
A deeply creepy and mysterious noir.
Johannson turns out to be perfectly cast, being able to shift from blank alien mode to kittenish seduction without ever letting you see the switch being turned on or off.
Odd and sexy, troubling and touching, frustrating and mesmerising, dull and haunting. A film by Jonathan Glazer.
I certainly wish Ms. Johansson hadn’t shown up at all. She’s never less than interesting to watch, but Under the Skin is a big waste of her time.
The lady from the white van.
First of all, this is not an entertaining film, but an alien theme on a fictional plot like how they would come live among us. Before that, they need to look like us, so they steal human skins and that's what this film is about. Most of the film was in a van driving around in the Scottland. An alien disguised as a human, looking for the single men in the uncrowded places to seduce and steal their skins. But one day after got curious about being a human being, her routine work gets affected seriously and so what happens to her after is told in the remaining film.
It's certainly not the film I was looking for. That's the reason I did not watch it when it got out. But I kind of liked it, it was not as boring as the others advised me. Usually films are for pleasure and timepass and this film did not have those qualities. Hence it financially failed. Surely some people would enjoy it, particularly the critics praised it which is unusual.
From the director of 'Birth', Scarlett Johansson in the lead and she was the only good thing in it. The story was a little complicated, so not everybody going the get it, not at the first glance, but if you do, you will enjoy it. The locations were awesome. Watching it on the cold stormy day brought me that original Scottish atmosphere here. I should have rated it better, but no regret for what I gave for it. Its not a suggestible kind, though worth a watch if you're fed up with the regular commercial films.
6/10
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This was the most boring movies I have ever seen. I get the meaning behind it, but there is really nothing here. 108 minutes and only 5 very small things that actually happen. The entire movie she is driving or walking somewhere with no dialogue. That's it. And don't expect any answers either. I don't get the critics nowadays , they must be out of their minds.
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Production Company
Film4,
British Film Institute (BFI),
Silver Reel,
Creative Scotland,
Sigma Films,
FilmNation Entertainment,
Nick Wechsler Productions,
JW Films,
Scottish Screen,
UK Film Council
Release Date Apr 4, 2014
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Awards
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 3 Wins & 12 Nominations
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
