Under the Skin

Name: Under the Skin
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 2014-03-14
Duration: 108 min

20141h 48mcritics 6.1/10

Thriller Science Fiction Drama

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

starring Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell

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Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.

Read from 155 comments (98 from Reddit, 50 from Metacritic, 7 from TMDB reviews) — 24 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.

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gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit42 read

“I never felt comfortable, not because I was expecting jump scares or bloody violence like is so often the go to of horror these days. I just felt like something terrible was going to happen and I couldn't”
RegularJohn17▲ 60about 0–100% inread it ↗
“it is very slow in parts”
RegularJohn17▲ 60about 0–100% inread it ↗
“Half way through the film you could close your eyes and tell what is happening just by hearing that stinger. The repetition of the abduction process each time showing a little more of what is actually happening made me concerned each time she was seducing someone to find out what is actually happening to them.”
RegularJohn17▲ 21about 50–100% inread it ↗
“I still feel the hairs on the back of my neck rise whenever I think about it”
witty_username_ftw▲ 12about 0–100% inread it ↗

Metacritic11 read

“slow pace”
drlowdonabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Eventually it does go somewhere,”
drqshadowabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“Actually, I find this movie better than the book. It's rare one would say that. The book is too direct, too Earthly and therefore the blatant anti-meat message dominates. The movie hides this messaging, if there ever was any messaging, and on top of it, it adds mystery. For example the victims are lured into the goo by inducing them into some dream-like state. It's never explained how this mechanic works, but it doesn't have to. ScarJo shines here and despite the rawness of the movie, it never ”
Renovatiaread it ↗
“I find the glowing reviews for this film inexplicable. It is slow-paced, excruciatingly low budget, dull, and largely incomprehensible. There is exactly one reason to watch it, and that's if you have a burning desire to see Scarlett Johansson naked; it has literally nothing else going for it.”
Shasarakread it ↗

TMDB7 read

“After the first five minutes, I realised the glacial pace of this film”
larz9about 0–8% inread it ↗
“I'd say it feels very suspenseful, without there being a release/reveal.”
sickingupdaisiesabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“A dark dream that's not quite a nightmare; you're more curious than afraid.”
sickingupdaisiesabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Johansson makes a great performance in an unlikely role, adding great sensuality to the film, even with her very different looking. The story and movie on itself is a rarety. Very fresh but, also, kind of an unfinished joke.”
Andres Gomezread it ↗

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