Antonio Banderas reunites with acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar (Talk to Her) to star in this skin-crawling Spanish thriller. Based on the novel...
Antonio Banderas reunites with acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar (Talk to Her) to star in this skin-crawling Spanish thriller. Based on the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet. Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 BAFTAs.
A brilliant plastic surgeon (Banderas), haunted by death of his wife 12 years ealier, develops a synthetic skin capable of withstanding all damage. When his research is judged to be unconscionable, he kidnaps a young woman (Elena Anaya, Van Helsing) and keeps her captive in his house in order to continue the experiments.
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82 %179 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
84 %27,263 reviewsAudience score rating
"Almodovar has taken an ice-cold psychological thriller and performed some stylistic surgery of his own, adding broad comic relief, overripe melodrama, outrageous asides and zesty girl-power uplift."
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Variety
Variety"Hitchcock never quite went that far – but you suspect he’d have admired Almodóvar’s balls."
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Total Film
Total Film"An existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza. In other words, it's an Almodóvar movie with all the attendant gifts that implies: lapidary technique, calculated perversity, intelligent wit."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Though I usually take pleasure in Almodovar's sexy darkness, this film induces queasiness."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Though Almodóvar has retained the creep factor of his source material, he hasn't fully embraced its darkness."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Like many lab experiments, this melodramatic hybrid makes for an unstable fusion."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"The year’s classiest horror movie."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Dawdles and dead-ends."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubThe Skin I Live In | Details
Award winner- Best Film (Not In The English Language) at the 2012 BAFTAs.
- Rating
- MA15+, contains violence, sexual violence & sex scenes
- Runtime
- 121
- Genre
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Country of origin
- Spain
