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  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl's mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life ...

Directed By: Jennifer Reeder

Written By: Jennifer Reeder

  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2019
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 51 m

Knives and Skin

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl's mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life ...

Directed By: Jennifer Reeder

Written By: Jennifer Reeder

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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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100
Dec 6, 2019
Knives and Skin presents an unsettling mix of girlishness, macabre, sweetness, and despondency best encapsulated in a nail polish color sported by one of the characters: Rotting Corpse. Its humans are alien, its script is bizarre, its visuals are gauche. But this so-wrong-it’s-right feminine dirge puts the “fun” in “funereal.”
By Lena Wilson FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 3, 2020
Puts a forward-thinking feminist bent on the Riverdale school of neon Twin Peaks fetishism
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 5, 2019
Awash in Christopher Rejano’s neon-hued cinematography and punctuated by Nick Zinner’s eerie synth soundscapes, Reeder’s meandering tale is a fever dream of ideas.
By Jen Yamato FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 27, 2019
It’s entirely too scattered, sacrificing coherence, loaded down with characters who are more clutter than carriers of plot and substance.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 5, 2019
It is manifestly unfair to compare the work of a near-universally admired auteur to an odd, ambitious independent film, but Knives and Skin owes so much to David Lynch, particularly “Twin Peaks,” that it feels wrong to pretend it exists in a vacuum.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 2, 2019
The film gets so lost in its affected idiosyncrasies that it stops probing any discernible human feelings.
By Steven Scaife FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 7, 2019
The positive qualities lie in the surrealistic film’s bold cinematography, distinctive use of music, and diversity of cast, though that’s not enough to redeem this tedious viewing experience.
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Production Company Chicago Film Project (CFP)
Release Date Dec 6, 2019
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Carolyn is Missing. Everyone Else is Lost.
Website https://www.facebook.com/knivesandskin/
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Awards

Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Tacoma Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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