Antonio Banderas,
Elena Anaya,
Marisa Paredes,
Jan Cornet,
Roberto Alamo
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Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he man... read more
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Keywords:
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Pedro Almodovar ,
Antonio Banderas ,
Elena Anaya ,
La Piel
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2012
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May 23, 2012Pedro Almodovar's latest offering is a bizarre, complex thriller which could also be the first of its kind for the talented Spanish filmmaker. Almodovar essentially combines the soap operatic elements of his earlier films like "Broken Embraces" replete with characters with dark s... read more
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May 22, 2012fb619846742A twisted, disturbing movie from the warped mind of Pedro Almodovar, this time dealing with a gifted plastic surgeon who is currently working on a new skin for human beings that would be impervious to some diseases and pain, and how he uses a test dummy (Elena Anaya), a mysteriou... read more
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March 29, 2012a very clinical horror/thriller that feels at first like the work of a different director but in the end can only be pedro's. from 'vertigo' to 'eyes without a face' to 'bad education' and 'all about my mother'. i liked it much more on reflection than i did while actually watchin... read more
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March 26, 2012The premise of a B picture crafted with the precision and finesse of an A-list director. a hard film to digest, but one very much worth your time.
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March 23, 2012Wow im exceptionally liked movie, in some aspects i can see why, as it is a unique movie and is interesting and holds a lot of suspense and thrills as your never sure whats going to happen and it does have some messed up scenes when you piece different things together! A good loo... read more
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March 18, 2012My respect and admiration for Pedro Almodóvar continues to grow. He repeatedly finds warmth and human connection in the most inhumane of circumstances. With Pedro, you not only discover that you can tolerate the intolerable but you find yourself empathizing with it. True to Al... read more
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February 28, 2012Almodovar's trademark pastel colours decorate an intricate but perfectly woven tale of unimaginable sexual and moral perversion. Antonio Banderas is great as the mad doctor, and the flawless beauty Elena Anaya is perfectly cast as a sort of human doll. While watching it, I immedi... read more
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February 16, 2012The Skin I live In
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This is by far one of the top movies of 2011, and surely the best of Almodovar's work. I was never a big fan of Almodovar but in this movie he just does the unthinkable, he makes on of the most twisted and disturbing films (in a good way... read more -
February 7, 2012The Skin I Live In was not at all what I was expecting, it exceeded my expectations that were already pretty high. It's strange, it did and it didn't feel like a Pedro Almodóvar film. So I wasn't surprised when I realised it was based on Thierry Jonquet's novel Tarantula and I ca... read more
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December 30, 2011'The Skin I Live In'. Pedro Almodovar delivers yet again with a delightfully twisted masterpiece!
The film had me questioning identity and attraction, and it ultimately comes down to a short clip Vera sees on TV, with the yoga teacher explaining what yoga does in firmly maintain... read more
Critic Reviews
November 18, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News
November 15, 2011
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's as disquieting as it is unsatisfying, a slog through gender issues, surgery and violence - sexual and otherwise. Full Review
November 4, 2011
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
These are questions one is left with -- and that's not an entirely satisfying feeling. Yet it's hard not to be drawn into the story, and even more, into the gorgeous storytelling. Full Review
November 3, 2011
Justin Chang, Variety
Despite its scalpel-like precision, pic falls short of its titular promise, never quite getting under the skin as it should. Full Review
November 3, 2011
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Only someone as talented as Almodóvar could have mixed such elements without blowing up an entire movie. Full Review
November 3, 2011
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Pedro Almodóvar wows with the meticulous visual design of his films, but sometimes his narrative architecture is every bit as dazzling. Full Review
November 3, 2011
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
This film, by turns macabre, melodramatic, and gothic, makes the heart race and the skin crawl. Full Review
November 3, 2011
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
As beautifully shot as it is perversely scripted, and you're likely to love it or hate it but not feel indifferently. Full Review
October 28, 2011
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Though beautiful to look at and graced with moments of ticklish camp, The Skin I Live In is also sluggish, arbitrarily conceived and, especially in its sagging middle, unaccountably dull. Full Review
October 28, 2011
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The film has more twists than a bull's neck and mucho polish (Alberto Iglesias's jazzy score also enchants), but it's more freaky than frightful, a "B" picture by an "A" director. Full Review
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