Saturday, 3 October 2015

Under stated

Under the Skin (2013)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer this film based on the novel of the same name by Michel Faber stars Scarlett Johnasson. A strange woman drives round Glasgow in a van picking up men.

While undoubtedly there is something going on under the skin here I found the execution of the film to be too slow and vague even for my tastes. The script ends up straying pretty far from it's source material and while you can tease out some themes of race and genre from the film just far too much is left unexplained. Scarlett Johnasson gives a good performance as a protagonist that essentially has no personality but otherwise this film bored me a little at times.


2/5  

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