Very best movie i ever watch

Just perfect...

best movie i've ever seen.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

I'd just watched the spoof horror Grabbers, which has an excellent comic performance by a gorgeous actress named ... Ruth Bradley.So I checked out her other stuff, found this, and the result was ... the polar opposite. Except this performance is excellent too. I wonder why she hasn't appeared in more movies.Not as distressing a story as I expected, but there were powerful scenes. The father's panic attack feels real. And of course the murder scene is brutal, but rounded off with the touching sight of the lights going down on the dancer.There are some weaknesses. I would have preferred if we got more of the killer's thoughts - although the disconnect in her character is clear from the performance, she clearly had the sensitivity to give some deeper reflections on death.

Besides being slow paced and at some times poorly directed, In Her Skin made a huge impression on me and I am still shivering. This movie, that I have to admit I only saw because I'm in the process of watching every movie that Guy Pearce has appeared in, both has it flaws and strengths. What made the biggest impression on me, was the acting and how North managed to make a movie about a brutal killing where the murderer is as much a victim as the killed girl. Miranda Otto, Sam Neill, Ruth Bradley and Guy Pearce all do a great job. Maybe a bit of overacting here and there, and I blame the director for that. If this movie had been a success box office-wise, I am convinced that Ruth Bradley had been a name that we all would recognize. I was about to give the movie a 7/10 rating. But then when i listened to the songs by John Butler Trio that are used as the soundtrack of the movie, I decided that the usage of them is the films greatest strength. The final judgment is that In Her Skin is a movie that far from everyone would enjoy, but the people who will enjoy it will also be grabbed by it and be left with a hollow feeling and a reminder that the world at times is a brutal and unfair place.

The title it played in Germany at the Fantasy Filmfest. A very strange little movie, that is very dark and will very likely appall a lot of people (if they don't know what they're in for especially), because of it's theme, but also because of it's graphic nature (at times, not that often, but still quite disturbing).The actors involved in here are all good, Guy Pearce giving a better performance (there must be a better script at hand I reckon) than in "Don't be afraid of the Dark". One of our lead actresses has to go to really tough places and she manages to do so very convincingly. Not for everyone and I'm not sure "enjoy" would be the right word to use after watching it, but this is a really good work of art!

Interesting true crime study here which focuses instead on the perpetrator instead of the true crime "whodunit" aspect, kudos to the writer and director for approaching it this way.Ruth Bradley as Caroline Reid, a true crime story wherein a girl is kidnapped and her family frantically searches for her. Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce are the parents, rather standard issue, though there is a good scene where the father breaks down, sensing the outcome of what has happened to his daughter. The soundtrack throughout is very good, and was written about this particular case.Sam Neill as Caroline's father is believable. A businessman worried about appearances, we never see her mother but can only imagine the alienation and absence. Neill is good as narcissistic, critiquing Caroline's "disgusting" apartment and that if she only cleaned it up and lost a few pounds she would feel better. She is in the throes of a major suicidal depression, yet all Dad notices is the dirty laundry.In 2013 in real life Caroline Reid will be released from prison. What motivated her?. Why couldn't she get psychological help? What was her relationship with her father?. All these questions may stay unanswered...If you like this film theme you may also like "The Bell Jar" (original with Marilyn Hassett and Brabara Barrie circa 1979).