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Now get ready for something completely different.

Today's film is about an alien who comes here as light and ends, well, in a dark way.

Under the Skin (2014)

with Scarlett Johansson in what has to be a mold breaking role.

She is scary. She is intense. She is beautiful. She stings like a bee.

Adopting human form, she searches for something and nearly finds it before she is found by the people who brought her here.

A lot of this is very mysterious and I am not sure what has happened sometimes but then, I believe, that is the point. We don't know. Do we?

I liked this film a lot and couldn't get away from it. Even going to pee didn't work in the taking a break sense. I had to go back and finish this horror thriller with a strong psychological bent. A triple play.

Johansson is perfect in the role. She has come a very long way but was always to be taken seriously.

The director/writer is Johnathan Glazer. The film is a masterwork and a NYTimes Critics' Pick.

Labels: films