Review of Mysterious Skin (2005) by Markangel — 05 Feb 2013

Sad, odd and viscerally beautiful film about the act itself and the aftermath of child molestation. A film about how profoundly such experience can affect the free will, the choices the victims make later in their life and ultimately the constitution of their personality.

Is there a lesson to be learned here? With all the uncompromising depiction and dialogue all over the place, I really doubt that. All that you are left with is the wish that you yourself were able to change the past of these poor souls.

Trust me, that implausible and irrational wish will linger on you for days just like some mysterious skin.