Inherently dramatic but needed a stronger director than Anthony Fabian, who overdoes understatement.
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The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The fact that it's actually based on a true story adds an extra layer of poignancy, heightened further by another superb Sophie Okonedo performance.
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VarietyDennis Harvey
VarietyDennis Harvey
One of the more bizarre illustrations of racial injustice under apartheid is dramatized in Skin.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
This workmanlike, but enormously moving, movie makes the case that apartheid really does control her life, even her decision to rebel and get involved with a black man.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
A little more variation in the script, though, might have yielded something truly great.
Alas, Mr. Fabian, directing his first feature-length fiction film, uses a club whenever a feather would do. He also mishandles the actors, in particular Mr. Neill and Ms. Okonedo, both of whom have been incomparably better elsewhere.