“Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.”
Mysterious Skin
7.7
1,300 votes·2005
·1h 45m
·MovieDrama
Overview
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
pedophilianew york citychild abuseamnesiarapepost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or booktrainerhustlertraumakansas, usacoming of age
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)
Riley McGuire
Wendy (Age 11)
Rachael Nastassja Kraft
Deborah (Age 12)
Chris Mulkey
Mr. Lackey
David Lee Smith
Alfred
Kelly Kruger
Deborah Lackey
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