Samantha Morton, second-best daughter in the family, drifts into slut life after her mother's death. After a curious start, with Morton drawing magic marker faces on her nude body, the film really goes nowhere (and not at all fast), although Morton must be the only mainstream actress in the history of English-speaking cinema to perform a scene in which her boyfriend ruins the mood during sex by deliberately urinating on her (I don't write them, I just report them). And you thought all Brit cinema was like MASTERPIECE THEATER! TV print is badly pan 'n' scanned, and there is enough jerky, hand-held camera work to finish off everyone who survived BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Unlike some UK films, the dialogue is moderately intelligible to listeners who only speak American English.
Review of Under the Skin
