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(1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   "The perennial golden touch in Hollywood is to make old stories seem new. In Mysterious Skin [writer-director Gregg] Araki "achieves" the opposite."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 4/5 "pushes the audience out of their comfort zones without being pushy or manipulative, and journeys into a world that only the bravest of filmmakers dare to explore"   Filmcritic.com   Blake French D+ "Heim wrote a killer tale with Skin, but in giving it to Araki, the power of the words has been dissolved into mush, or, in many instances, simple shock cinema."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 2/4 "...the whole thing just feels flat somehow."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B "This one clearly has more meat on the plate than Araki's earlier more shallow and sensationalistic films."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Mysterious Skin, for all of its depictions of atrocities and human sadness, is a rarified thing of vulnerable beauty."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3.5/4 "Pop iconography typically signifies the alienation of Araki's characters from the world, but in Mysterious Skin it ushers in their salvation."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A- "So profoundly unsettling that I can't imagine watching it again -- except that it's also so finely acted and sharply constructed that I want to see it again immediately."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "Doesn't manage to get much beneath the surface of its provocative topic, but Gordon-Levitt compensates considerably by digging deep into the soul of his character."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Reveals the pain and suffering wrought by sex offenders who prey upon children. "   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "A raw and unadorned look at child abuse and its idiosyncratic repercussions."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "a bizarre, beguiling coming-of-age drama"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani "Gregg Araki? More like Gregg Hack-raki."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/5 "Mysterious Skin makes Midnight Cowboy look tame in comparison."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B "Araki has continued to turn out fringe films...to diminishing results...his first adaptation of a novel...is a serious, if somewhat flawed, return to form. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Mysterious Skin is a film that can be easily dismissed if one were so inclined. However, the real trick comes in how difficult it is to actually accept."   Monsters At Play   Lawrence P. Raffel A- "Gordon-Levitt's performance is nothing short of astonishing."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "A powerful and intriguing experience that signals Araki as a director who is finally demonstrating that there is some talent behind his hype and flash after all."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B- "Gregg Araki shows skill in adapting another’s work and he marshals his youthful cast with a deft hand. "   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "A very well acted film with a tremendous ensemble cast. My problem stems from how Araki chose to tell the story."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell "The film has a weird buoyancy."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 3/4 "This beautifully made and haunting film is ultimately explicit without being exploitative."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1.5/4 "Starts to play like dada."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 7/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1