Under The Skin (2013) - Is described as a British/American science fiction film which is directed by Jonathan Glazer who also directed Sexy Beast (2001), also its produced by James Wilson and Nick Wechsler. The film is based off the novel of the same name by Michel Faber which was released in 2000, the films first release was at Telluride film festival on 29th august 2013 and then the official release being 14th march 2014 for UK audiences.
A brief description of the narrative is that it is based in modern day Scotland where a young woman's body is hijacked by a alien; the alien then lures men in to harvest their flesh. The film runs for 108 minutes and is given a viewers age rating of 15 by the BBFC. The reasons for this rating are due to infrequent strong sex and frequent nudity.
The Films budget was $13.3 million and on the box office mojo received $3,668,973. Under The Skin opened with a gross of £239,000 at the uk box office and opened in the United states with $140,00 in four features, earning its highest per-theatre average out of all the films released during that weekend. The film stars Scarlet Johansson who is recognised for her role as Black Widow in the big block buster hit The Avengers (2012), being typically known for big roles it was odd to see her take the role in a low budget British film.
Reviews were generally quite positive towards Under The Skin with many people pleased with Glazer's directing and Johanssons performance within the film. The review website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 86% off of 159 reviewers gaining the film an average score of 7.9/10. A positive review of the film stated that it is "A claustrophobically seamless and unnerving drama of self-awakening", a negative view was that of Kaleem Aftab of the Independent, who stated that the film was "laughingly bad" giving the film 1 star out of 5.
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