Under the Skin

Under the Skin

  • Director: Jonathan Glazer
  • Writer: Walter Campbell,Jonathan Glazer,Michel Faber
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, Switzerland
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 14, 2014
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Під шкірою
  • "Under The Skin" is a science fiction thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett I. Johansson . It was released in the UK on March 14, 2014.
    "Under The Skin" is based on Michel Faber 's horror novel of the same name. It tells the story of an alien in human skin hunting and killing people on earth   .
    In September 2019, the film was selected as the "100 Best Films of the 21st Century" by the British " The Guardian " and ranked fourth. 

    Details

    • Release date March 14, 2014
    • Filming locations Tantallon Castle, Auldhame, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies Film4, British Film Institute (BFI), Silver Reel

    Box office

    Budget

    $13,300,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,614,251

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $133,154

    Gross worldwide

    $5,866,389

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dannie 2022-04-22 07:01:18

      under the skin

      See the world from an alien's point of view. The subtitles should not appear, because when we as aliens do not understand, they should be placed on the actor's performance. The actress is like an alien, choosing the right characters step by step, like doing a task. Extreme, obvious love and hate, feel the tone of the film through the music, like a sci-fi movie. Do one thing repeatedly in the front, and humanize it in the back. To get things done, get things done, put on lipstick, where you...

    • By Eula 2022-04-22 07:01:18

      beautiful sci-fi

      The opening abstract cloud image slowly condenses, twisting and turning into a person's pupil. Then, the goddess began the road of self-awareness awakening. The alien played by the goddess hunted all the way, and finally was hunted by humans, took off the damaged skin, and burned to ashes in a vast snow. It is such a simple story, but the film is full of futuristic and allegorical sense. The allegorical sense of the film is reflected in Scarlett's beautiful skin. From the beginning of the...

    • By Marianna 2022-04-22 07:01:18

      what's under the skin

      I watched this movie in the evening and a little during the day. It roughly tells about a black monster with a good skin but not his own skin, who "seduces" single men by asking the way again and again, so as to obtain their skin. After repeating it a few times, she became curious about human life and met a boy she might like. Want to have sex with him, but because she's a monster. There is no function for this. So it's over. At the end of the story, she ran into a forest, was torn off her skin...

    • By Garnett 2022-04-22 07:01:18

      living alone like an alien

      This is a female alien in human skin who seduces men with a female appearance and then eats them. In reality, she has a bald and dark humanoid appearance. She has just arrived on earth and is protected and monitored by a well-disguised kindred. . She seems to want to understand this human society. She constantly picks up men on the road and chats with them. Many of the conversations are simple and boring. This section took a long time. She may be alone and looking for someone to talk to. As...

    • By Joannie 2022-04-22 07:01:18

      let me borrow a knife to kill

      After watching this movie, I was completely dizzy. For the first time in my life I don't know how to rate a movie. Because of Scarlett's name, it is natural to think that this is a commercial film, or at least a film that can be understood without difficulty; but after watching the film, as a museum of modern art who has visited Europe for countless days and knows what it is doing, And, for normal human beings who have completely given up cultivating "modern art" cells, I swear, I swear by my...

    User comments

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    • By Candice 2023-07-25 00:55:37

      A gesture of observation and recording, from a non-human and human perspective, respectively, but the transition is instantaneous and subjective, and the ending re-throws a new form of echo. The soundtrack is too...

    • By Michelle 2023-06-14 07:01:15

      It's actually very important to have a pair of stinky skin, especially someone like Scarlett Johansson, who can also find a soul in the mirror. (The light and shadow effects and photography are awesome, and the silhouette at the beginning - especially the ant and the swallowing skin in the middle are...

    • By Reginald 2023-05-27 22:17:34

      It's a really beautiful movie, and it helps us understand why people need to be sensitive to...

    • By Ward 2023-05-07 15:31:50

      Over-personalized expressions affect perception. Maybe N will bring the series into a classic after a long time. Painting skin is a technical job, and it can't be done without...

    • By Dion 2023-04-05 01:01:30

      It's quite amazing. The title and soundtrack are bunker. It's better if the murder scene is more serious. At the moment when it is suddenly sucked dry, it really tastes like a bone...

    Behind the scenes gags

    The original author Michel Faber was born in the Netherlands and settled in Scotland. Faber himself emphasized that if the novel is put on the screen, it must be shot in the highlands of Scotland.
    "Under the Skin" is Jonathan Glazer's work nine years after "Rebirth" in 2004, and it is also the second time after "Rebirth" to enter the Venice Film Festival to compete for the Golden Lion Award. 
    In order to show the world in Scarlett's...
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    Evaluation action

    In "Under the Skin", the concept of "hidden skin to lure men" is exactly the same as the Chinese "painted skin". The first half of the film is almost a repetitive depiction of how "she" strikes up single men and then kills them. The typical low-cost production does not have too many cool special effects, so a very intentional method is used to show the process of "killing". In the first three times, Scarlett was undressing while...
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    Movie quotes

    • [first lines]

      Female Voice: [with a mechanical buzz over shadowy morphing orbs] T- D, S- Z- Th, B- T- V, H- T- D- K- G, S- Z- P- B, Ba-Ba- T- T, K- Kuh- Ch, Th- V- Th, Zzz- Sss- Bzz- Ch, B-B-Buh- V-V-Vuh, G-G-Guh D-D-Duh.

      Female Voice: [now over a shiney white torus, slowly morphing] B-B-Buh- B-B-Buh, B-B-Beh, B-B-Beh, Bah, N-N-Nuh- N-N-Nuh, N-N-Nuh- No. N-N-Nuh, F- Feel- Field, Fill- Filled- Filts, Foil- Failed- Fell, Felds- Pill- Pills, Pall- Nall.

      Female Voice: [now over a watery chestnut-brown eye] Foal- Foals, Fold- Fold, Pool- Pool, Sell- Se...

    • Female: You're not from here? Where are you from?

      Camper: I'm from Czech Republic.

      Female: Why are you in Scotland?

      Camper: I just... wanted to get away from it all.

      Female: Yeah? Why here?

      Camper: Because it's... It's nowhere.

    • Female: So, why do you shop at night, then?

      The Deformed Man: People wind me up.

      Female: How?

      The Deformed Man: They're ignorant.