Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- sardonic
- paranoid
- sleek
- dark movie night
- thriller double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a stylish, committed black-comedy crime thriller elevated by Elizabeth Banks’s textured central performance, though its overall reception was moderately positive rather than emphatic.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Hope Goldman’s skincare business is threatened by Angel Vergara’s competing boutique, making market competition the engine of the suspense.
Hope investigates sabotage aimed at ruining her reputation and destabilizing her business.
The film places blackly comic crime and revenge-thriller mechanics inside the image-conscious skincare world.
Hope and Jordan search for the person trying to destroy her reputation while the film withholds the full shape of the conspiracy.
Films like Skincare, and why
A Simple Favor
Shared blackly comic crime-thriller tone, escalating paranoia, and a protagonist fighting to protect her professional reputation.
The Girl on the Train
Shared female-centered mystery thriller structure, polished suburban-professional milieu, and sardonic humor beneath escalating danger.
To Die For
Shared revenge-thriller energy, business rivalry, and darkly comic treatment of social manipulation and status anxiety.
Movie Details
- Director
- Austin Peters
- Release Date
- 2024-08-15
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (134)
Cast
- Elizabeth Banks
- Lewis Pullman
- Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
- Luis Gerardo Méndez
- Nathan Fillion
- Erik Palladino
- John Billingsley
- Jason Manuel Olazabal
- Jesse Saler
- Ella Balinska
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Skincare about?
- A celebrated skincare entrepreneur hunts the saboteur destroying her reputation as a glossy business rivalry curdles into blackly comic criminal suspense.
- What is Skincare like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Skincare as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Skincare violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Skincare as moderate.
- What did critics think of Skincare?
- Critics broadly found the film a stylish, committed black-comedy crime thriller elevated by Elizabeth Banks’s textured central performance, though its overall reception was moderately positive rather than emphatic.
- Which films are like Skincare?
- Films with a similar feel include A Simple Favor, The Girl on the Train, and To Die For.
- How long is Skincare?
- Skincare runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Skincare?
- In United States, Skincare streams on Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
