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Under the Skin (1997)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:19

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Iris (Samantha Morton, SWEET & LOWDOWN, JESUS' SON) a young working class English woman, loses herself in a string of casual lovers as a way of coping with the death of her beloved mother (Rita... Iris (Samantha Morton, SWEET & LOWDOWN, JESUS' SON) a young working class English woman, loses herself in a string of casual lovers as a way of coping with the death of her beloved mother (Rita Tushingham, A TASTE OF HONEY). A powerful festival hit from writer/director Carine Adler. [More]

Starring: Claire Rushbrook, Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham, Stuart Townsend

Starring: Claire Rushbrook, Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham, Stuart Townsend, Christine Tremaraco

Director: Carine Adler

Director: Carine Adler

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03/26/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Cole Smithey
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Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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Emanuel Levy
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04/25/03
Globe and Mail
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In what is one of the great “woman-descends-into-madness” flicks alongside “Repulsion,” Morton is never less than searing.

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01/02/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
Detour Magazine

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12/08/02
Film Threat

... a raw and occasionally depressing first film with moments of chilling recognition and a remarkable young star.

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08/08/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

Reminds us what it's like to see an actress go to work when she has a juicy role to play.

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01/28/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

In her feature debut, Adler shapes her film gracefully and elicits a scorching no-holds-barred, totally selfless portrayal from Morton.

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02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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I would not want to spend much time with this Iris, and frankly the 85 minutes Under the Skin runs is longer than anyone should have to spend with her.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

Made with a novelist's eye for detail and a quietly impassioned visual flair.

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01/01/00
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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01/01/00
David Denby
David Denby
New York Magazine

Although Iris has no idea who she is, Morton is utterly certain, and inhabits her temporarily defeated soul with an ease that knocks you out.

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01/01/00
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
Film.com

Delightfully freighted with heavy sensuality, some deadpan comedy, and a character whose loneliness should strike a chord in all of us.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Morton makes Iris real. Every moment she's on screen, the actress forces us to accept Iris as a living, breathing individual.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

While Ms. Morton embodies the role with furious intensity and with a raw yet waifish presence that brings both Emily Watson and Claire Danes to mind, Ms. Adler directs the film in ways that live up to its title.

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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