Mysterious Skin, a disturbing drama film about pedophilia and its detrimental effects to victims. It starred the young Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil along with Brady Corbet as Brian and Michelle Trachtenberg as Wendy. Rottentomatoes.com gave it a fresh score of 84% and positive remarks from critics. "Bold performances and sensitive, spot-on direction make watching this difficult tale of trauma and abuse a thought-provoking, resonant experience" as quoted. (Source)
Two boys with different characters, Neil and Brian, shared the same abusive experience from their baseball coach. However, the former remembered it exactly what and how it was, while the latter interpreted it as an encounter with aliens. Neil was devastated by the incident, believing that it made a major impact to his orientation. He sought sexual attention from men older than him, generally relating all of them to his coach. Brian, on the other hand, was trying to patch every evidence he could find to truly prove his alien encounter and his weird condition of nose-bleeding. To have a clearer view of what really happened, Brian contacted Neil . The two met at the exact place it occurred and they both reminisced the disturbing incident.
Personal Rating: 7/10
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