Under the Skin

November. 04,2019      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A film about the transition of three trans teenagers, the upheaval it causes in them and their loved ones, as well as the quest for identity buried deep within them.

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Reviews

Grimossfer
2019/11/04

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

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Ogosmith
2019/11/05

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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Janae Milner
2019/11/06

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Stephanie
2019/11/07

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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