Mysterious Skin (2005)

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Neil McCormick

Brady Corbet

Brian Lackey

Michelle Trachtenberg

Wendy Peterson

Jeffrey Licon

Eric Preston

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Avalyn Friesen

Elisabeth Shue

Mrs. McCormick

Lisa Long

Mrs. Lackey

Bill Sage

Coach

Chase Ellison

Neil (Age 8)

George Webster

Brian (Age 8)

About Mysterious Skin

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Popularity

6.8

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$2,148,548

Release

Mar 30, 2005

Genres

Drama

Director: Gregg Araki

Writer: Gregg Araki

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Reviews (1)

kinrich30

Sep 8, 2026

5.0

This is the tale of two teens who were sexually abused as boys and how each of them coped with that over the years that followed. It was sad to see how badly it damaged them mentally.

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Production

Studios

Desperate Pictures

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Next Wednesday Productions

Countries

United States of AmericaNetherlands

Languages

English

Keywords

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