Under the Skin

2013 Directed by Jonathan Glazer

A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

Scarlett Johansson Kryštof Hádek Paul Brannigan Michael Moreland Scott Dymond Jeremy McWilliams Lynsey Taylor Mackay Dougie McConnell Kevin McAlinden D. Meade Andrew Gorman Joe Szula Roy Armstrong Alison Chand Ben Mills Oscar Mills Lee Fanning Marius Bincu Stephen Horn Adam Pearson May Mewes Gerry Goodfellow Dave Acton Jessica Mance Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Alternative Titles

皮下之慌, Under the Skin - Tödliche Verführung, 언더 더 스킨, Bajo la piel, Pod skóra, Pobud v moey Shkure, Pod kožou, Під шкірою

drama science fiction thriller

108 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by James Haves 37

What.
What?
I don't get it.
So?
I don't get it.
At least give it a rating.
But I don't get it.
Was it good?
Yes.
Would you recommend it?
I don't know.
How does that work?
I don't know.
What?
What?
Just give it 2 1/2 or something.
I can't.
Why?
Because it's good.
Then what's the issue?
I don't know.
For fuck's sake.
I don't understand it. It confused me.
Just your plebian mind.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
You know this whole review is entirely self-indulgent, right?
Yep.
So why are we doing it?
Only thing we could think of.
Oh yeah.
Also we're attention whores who like likes.
That's true.
Want pizza?
Sure.
Review by Adam Cook 80

Fuck knows.
Review by Adam Cook 92

It is rare for me to finish a film and be unable to form any real opinion on it. Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, loosely based on Michel Faber’s novel of the same name, is a film that deliberately defies easy understanding. It is a befuddling, enigmatic and contradictory work that demands total engagement from its audience as it avoids all the trappings of a conventional movie. Yet after I left the theatre, both impressed and disappointed, I have been unable to shake the film from my thoughts.
It is a film of surprising contrasts - it is simultaneously mesmerising yet tedious, surreal yet mundane, erotic yet sterile. It is this internal conflict that makes the film so difficult to…
Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 29

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I love it when a straightforward story gets a unique treatment. Glazer's film is deliberately alienating, visually and aurally arresting and singularly engaging. I say the latter with no small amount of reserve as it asks a lot of its audience making it difficult to click with. But click with it I did.
Glazer opens with the birth of Johansson's character. In a beautiful visual sequence, we hear her find her voice followed by a rather disconcerting scene in which she clothes herself. Disconcerting because of the compete lack of empathy for the dead girl she is plucking her new wardrobe from. Against a sterile white background we see her clinically do what needs to be done. She gives the…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 5

(aka The Woman Who Fell to Earth aka Post Tenebras Fucks): absolutely epic. the rare film that feels genuinely new, even while borrowing liberally from its influences. among other things, one of the cinema's most deeply empathetic portraits of loneliness.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★½ 6

Never in a million years did I think a movie that would make me contemplate my existence would also have Darude - Sandstorm in it.

Recent reviews

Review by jdaman4 ★★★★½

beautifully filmed. somehow gopro shots r gorgeous. really unsettling.
Review by Luckyboy

Good movie
Review by CollinTD ★★½

Not as bad as people claim, not as good as the critics say.
Review by Colin Read ★★★★

This feels like if you took a 4 minute long artsy quiet scene from twin peaks the return but made it 108 minutes.
And I’m here for it
Review by mattorama12 ★★½

The repetitive first 2 thirds of the film is horribly boring. By the final act, things start to get interesting. The almost complete absence of dialogue, combined with the monotonous score, make this a really, really tough watch. Still, I can't say it was terrible because it is somewhat effective at examining the human condition and human sexuality. Plus the visuals were gorgeous.
Review by mattorama12

The repetitive first 2 thirds of the film is horribly boring. By the final act, things start to get interesting. The almost complete absence of dialogue, combined with the monotonous score, make this a really, really tough watch. Still, I can't say it was terrible because it is somewhat effective at examining the human condition and human sexuality. Plus the visuals were gorgeous.
Review by Billy Ewell

Some stunning imagery (especially loved the whole “dude turning into a skin suit” sequence). Didn’t do a ton for me but I’m sure I’ll return to it someday
Review by remy ★★★

okay...
Review by MadAssassin ★★★½

I'm aware that there has been a divisive response to this movie and after watching it, its obvious why. Under the skin approaches the sci-fi genre in an unorthodox manner by virtue of it's slow paced and ambiguous narrative. My issues regarding this movie revolve around the plot, given how simplistic it is once you disregard the additional allegorical meaning that underpins the story. Basically its a story about a creature that comes to earth to harvest humans but who is eventually seduced by human emotions and dies as a result. This in my opinion does not befit the level of artistry and skill that you see that went in to every shot. This however leads me on to execution…