Mysterious Skin

I really don't know what to say about this one, so I'll try and say very little.

If you wanna see the most disturbingly dead-on portrait of the harmful effects---physically, spiritually, and emotionally---of child sexual abuse, go see "Mysterious Skin." Although in times it is a little too "indy" and has its cheesy acting moments, it still---in the end---gripped me tighter and pulled me more emotionally into its story than any other film of recent memory has. Its combination of extremely disturbing visuals juxtaposed with two very different approaches towards coping with sexual abuse makes for an intimate, harrowing, and unflinching film.

It could very well be the most emotionally affective movie of the year, but maybe that's just me. All I know is, few other movies have brought me to tears while simultaneously causing me to turn my eyes away from the screen.

I think "Irreversible" was the last movie to make me seriously do that (minus the tears of course). Wow. Remember that one?

Okay, enough said.