Skin I Live In, The

Spain 2011, 120 minutes
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
In Spanish with English subtitles
Rating: [R16] Violence, sexual violence & sex scenes
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Suspense/Crime, Science Fiction

Topics: Gender-bender.

Feat. Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, José Luis Gómez

Aroview: Over twenty years after their last collaboration, a gracefully middle-aged Antonio Banderas returns for Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar to play an obsessive plastic surgeon whose development of a synthetic human skin requires an unwitting guinea pig.

Best not to give too much away of the complex twists that unfurl, but it's the closest the director has come to the science-fiction genre than ever before - teasing, tantalizing and skin-crawling all at the same time, bound up in his fetish for skin of the both the organic and material kinds. Gorgeous score by Alberto Iglesias is another bonus.

Member Reviews

Average rating (Good Enough). Showing 1-3 of 4 member reviews.

I find this review offensive! I don’t agree with this review. I agree with this review.
4 stars (Very Good) This is one of those movies that you really enjoy, but you describe the plot to a friend who's all "that sounds hideous", and you keep saying "nah, it was actually really interesting" & they're still all "I'll pass". ~Truant
I find this review offensive! I don’t agree with this review. I agree with this review.
4 stars (Very Good) Freely upends expectations, landing genuine shocks of the narrative, emotional, and visceral sort. Witty and compassionate, even at its most horrific and thrilling, tis indeed a rare-duck of a horror-thriller. ~fairbrother
I find this review offensive! I don’t agree with this review. I agree with this review.
3 stars (Good Enough) A reasonable screenplay (at least it is different) but it should have ended sooner rather than being over explanatory. ~Tubbs