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- 1989
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 41 m
- 1989
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 41 m
Summary A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Blake Edwards
- 1989
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 41 m
- 1989
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 41 m
Skin Deep
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Summary A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Blake Edwards
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
42% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
43
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
42% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Revenge is sweet and Ritter gets his due in any number of silly and embarrassing situations which he handles with nearly perfect comic timing.
There is one hilarious sight gag involving prophylactics, and one can't argue with the film's sobering message, but otherwise Ritter's character is mostly a bore. [3 March 1989, p.A]
Skin Deep, the latest and 36th off the line, could sum up his whole checkered career - it's that good and that bad, by turns terrifically funny and terribly flawed. [3 March 1989]
Blake Edwards’ Skin Deep has a couple of the funniest moments Edwards ever devised; it has John Ritter’s easy-to-take charm, but it ends up living up to its title far too closely.
But Skin Deep hasn't the energy level or the inventiveness to sustain the demands of sex farce. There's only one sight gag as funny, involving glow-in-the-dark prophylactics. There's also only one role that's sympathetic. As usual, it's the Julie Andrews role of long-suffering wife, played by Alyson Reed. One last complaint: In the guise of being unflinching about dancing on the edge of outrage, the film reveals a mean streak involving cruel things done to dogs. Skin Deep spends what seems like a lot of time living up to - or is it down to? - its name. [3 March 1989, p.47]
Mr. Ritter is an engagingly comic actor, but the women in his life are so uncharacterized, in the writing, casting and the playing, that the comedy fizzles. All that's left is a movie about a seriously alcoholic writer making a mess of things.
Watching it, you feel as if you're being hammered to death with champagne corks.
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