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Knives and Skin
2019 1h 51m Not Rated
Drama
,
Mystery
,
Thriller
5.2
69%
28%
53%
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A mystical teen noir that follows a young girl's disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.
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Directed By
Jennifer Reeder
Written By
Jennifer Reeder
Studio
Chicago Film Project (CFP)
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Cast of Knives and Skin
Ireon Roach
Charlotte Kurtich
Marika Engelhardt
Lisa Harper
Kayla Carter
Laurel Darlington
Raven Whitley
Carolyn Harper
Grace Smith
Joanna Kitzmiller
Ty Olwin
Andy Kitzmiller
Kate Arrington
Renee Darlington
Audrey Francis
Lynn Kitzmiller
Tim Hopper
Dan Kitzmiller
Marilyn Dodds Frank
La Grand Mère Kitzmiller
Robert T. Cunningham
Jesse Darlington
James Vincent Meredith
Doug Darlington
Emma Ladji
Cauleen Gilliard
Jalen Gilbert
Jason Kendrick
Tony Fitzpatrick
Principal Markum
Alex Moss
Aaron Westricht
Hailey Bolithon
Afra Siddiqui
Aurore Real de Asua
April Martinez
Claire Van Der Linden
Mousy Freshman
Knives and Skin Reviews
AV Club
Katie Rife
[A] forward-thinking feminist bent on the Riverdale school of neon Twin Peaks fetishism.
Chicago Reader
Cody Corrall
Carolyn is a martyr for Reeder's message-a complex and twisted commentary on the plights of human nature.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Reeder is deadly serious about the film's themes of teenage girls' fears, desires and demons, though there's a fair amount of deadpan black comedy...
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Like the songs sung by its young cast, Knives and Skin feels like cinematic karaoke, lacking in authorship or deeper meaning.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Social satire's strange sights and sounds are sure to stick with you.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
This is a feminist and refreshing take on a high school drama.
Slant Magazine
Steven Nguyen Scaife
The film gets so lost in its affected idiosyncrasies that it stops probing any discernible human feelings.
Variety
Valerie Complex
The positive qualities lie in the surrealistic film's bold cinematography, distinctive use of music, and diversity of cast, though that's not enough to redeem this tedious viewing experience.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Knives and Skin is a welcome reprieve from its genre-mates' sameness, borrowing and blending elements from assorted storied predecessors to create something mysterious, hypnotic and malevolent.
NPR
Scott Tobias
It's Twin Peaks as recast through the lens of radical feminism, if not nearly as academic as that sounds.
Los Angeles Times
Jen Yamato
Awash in Christopher Rejano's neon-hued cinematography and punctuated by Nick Zinner's eerie synth soundscapes, Reeder's meandering tale is a fever dream of ideas.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
There is genuine eeriness here, and Reeder makes distinctive use of color and music.
AWFJ.org
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Knives and Skin is not just visually captivating, but also marked by an emotional intelligence and dark humor that renders it one of the year's most unique cinema experiences.
Riot Material
Kristy Puchko
Reeder didn't make a film, but a fireworks display. Bursts of style and emotion streak across a cold, dark backdrop of mortality.
Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Dalton
An agreeably offbeat coming-of-age thriller steeped in macabre humour and queer feminist attitude.
Slashfilm
Marshall Shaffer
To Reeder's immense credit, her film glides forward with an aura of mystery but never feels like genre mix-and-match.
eFilmCritic.com
Peter Sobczynski
Everything is odd in the world of this film but, with very few exceptions, it all feels as if it was heaped on in order to make the relatively dull central story marginally more interesting and colorful.
Seattle Film Blog
Kathy Fennessy
If the weirdest stuff in the film falls the flattest, like a couple of food-throwing scenes, I found the end unexpectedly touching. Turns out the filmmaker had one more 1980s-oriented magic trick up her sleeve.
The Movie Cricket
Sean P. Means
"Knives and Skin" feels like the unwanted love child of David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson - a dozen different stylistic ideas going off in different directions, often canceling each other out.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
A movie as strange as this one needs some grounding in reality. Knives and Skin gives us some -- but not nearly enough.
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