About this movie
- Genres:
- Drama
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 2:00:18
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- Feb 7, 2012
- Quality:
- 480 (DVD equivalent)
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Antonio Banderas
- Elena Anaya
- Marisa Paredes
- Jan Cornet
- Roberto Alamo
Directors
- Pedro Almodovar
Writers
- Pedro Almodovar
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The Skin I Live In
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Trailer for The Skin I Live In
A plastic surgeon takes revenge on his daughter's rapist by giving him a forced homemade sex change operation. The surgeon then falls in love with the "new woman."
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
79%
percent positive reviews
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Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
Almodóvar plugs us into a whirlpool of emotional constructs which turbo charge the story
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Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
Bizarre, shocking, sexy and dark, this is Almodóvar at his brilliant melodramatic best
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David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia)
Even a second level Almodovar is better than most other people.
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Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia)
It's not one of Almodovar's more emotionally involving films, it's actually quite chillingly cold but Antonio Banderas is just fabulous as the Frankenstein character and Elena Anaya is exquisite as his creation.
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Tom Long, Detroit News
There are few filmmakers -- David Lynch comes to mind, Woody Allen -- who have a completely unique way of imprinting a film. Nobody but Pedro Almodóvar could have made The Skin I Live In. And that's high compliment.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's as disquieting as it is unsatisfying, a slog through gender issues, surgery and violence - sexual and otherwise.
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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.
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Justin Chang, Variety
Despite its scalpel-like precision, pic falls short of its titular promise, never quite getting under the skin as it should.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Only someone as talented as Almodóvar could have mixed such elements without blowing up an entire movie.
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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.
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Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
This film, by turns macabre, melodramatic, and gothic, makes the heart race and the skin crawl.
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