Skin: The Movie
A reclusive Minneapolis writer is pulled into her dead father’s eccentric adult-business legacy and discovers an unexpected community beyond her carefully controlled life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- awkward
- warm
- irreverent
- lazy sunday
- indie film night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a technically polished, heartfelt indie comedy praised for its direction, performances, storyline, pacing, and music.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Blanche follows the strange journey her dead father Spike lays out through a DVD he left behind.
Reclusive Minneapolis researcher Blanche inherits a San Diego porn studio and must navigate its misfit community.
Blanche’s inheritance connects her to her absent father and forces her to reconsider her predictable life.
The plot explicitly frames Spike’s band of outsiders as people Blanche must learn to understand rather than dismiss.
Films like Skin: The Movie, and why
Lars and the Real Girl
shares an offbeat, warm indie-comedy tone centered on socially awkward outsiders and unexpected emotional connection
The Station Agent
shares a deadpan fish-out-of-water premise, eccentric misfit community, and gentle character growth
The Royal Tenenbaums
shares heartfelt absurdity, unconventional family dynamics, and a protagonist pushed beyond a tightly controlled life
Movie Details
- Director
- Ronn Kilby
- Release Date
- 2018-11-28
- Runtime
- 51 min
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
Cast
- Michelle Way
- Mark Christopher Lawrence
- Kayla COburn
- Diane Sargent
- Angel Cassidy
- Merrick McCartha
- Mark Atkinson
- 'Shotgun Tom' Kelly
- Thais Maya
- Kirin Kim
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Skin: The Movie about?
- A reclusive Minneapolis writer is pulled into her dead father’s eccentric adult-business legacy and discovers an unexpected community beyond her carefully controlled life.
- What is Skin: The Movie like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Skin: The Movie as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Skin: The Movie violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Skin: The Movie.
- What did critics think of Skin: The Movie?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a technically polished, heartfelt indie comedy praised for its direction, performances, storyline, pacing, and music.
- Which films are like Skin: The Movie?
- Films with a similar feel include Lars and the Real Girl, The Station Agent, and The Royal Tenenbaums.
- How long is Skin: The Movie?
- Skin: The Movie runs 51 minutes.
- Where can I watch Skin: The Movie?
- In United States, Skin: The Movie streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Channel.
