Review of Mysterious Skin (2005) by Brian M — 03 Oct 2010

This was a very strange movie. It seemed like it might be a gay film, yet you had this side story of a boy who has the idea in his head that he has been abucted by aliens, to make things a little more complicated.

The thing that threw me off about this movie, is the that two little boys who once knew eachother, are suddenly unaware of eachother's existance. That seemed a bit odd to me, as, I remember a good majority of the kids that I went to school with at that age. And, to not remember someone who was also on your schools baseball team, is kind of hard to believe. Along with a few things that happened along the way.

The story takes place as the boys are older. One continues to have dreams that he was kidknapped by aliens, and the other becomes a male prostitute. The two guys eventually meet, and the past catches up with them, as only one of the boys remembers the other, and what happened to them at the hands of their handsome team coach.

I really didn't get that the boy who assumed he was kidnapped by aliens, clings to the guy who pretty much allowed him to be abused, and actually abused him as well.

So, that left me feeling like that wasn't right.

This movie is one of those movies where you would not want your kids to see. I think they would just be confused. If I had kids, I wouldn't want to explain it to them, that's for sure. Heck, just watching some of it, gave me the creeps.