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Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin

Mar 30, 2005
105 min
Drama
7.7/ 10
1,187 votes

Overview

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
7.7/10
1,187 votes
IMDB
7.6/10
81,660 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
74/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$3,000,000Production cost
Box Office$2,148,548Worldwide gross
Profit-$851,452Loss
ROI
-28.4%Return on investment
US Box Office$713,240Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

5 wins & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$2,148,548

Production Companies

Desperate PicturesFortissimo FilmsAntidote Films

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