Second Skin (2000)

Fresh and Exciting

Absolutely the worst movie.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The movie was sincere, however I felt frustrated as Alberto held his wife Elena and his secret lover Diego on a pedestal. Alberto was deeply in the closet and was deeply unhappy with his life. The unfortunate fate was that Alberto couldn't resolve his own dilemma. I felt sympathetic towards Elena as she is a loving wife and unfailingly true to her husband. I feel bad for Diego too, as he is alternatively sweetly romantic and sadly confused as he didn't know where stood with Alberto.I think the main focus was on Alberto's affair, and the fact that he had a child with Elena was overlooked. There should have maybe been a bit of focus on their son who is clearly consigned to a broken home. Alberto was annoying in the sense that he was indecisive. He was constantly lying to himself, as well as everyone around him. He used all sorts of evasive strategies to maintain his double life. I felt sort of relieved when Alberto died and Elena and Diego became friends, despite the unfortunate events. Overall, I think second skin is a good movie to watch for open-minded and hopeless-romantic persons. I think the explicit male sex scenes may offend some people, especially those who are conservative, therefore I would think twice before recommending it to anyone.

I found the second skin to be a interesting and insightful movie, as it shows the perspective of the main character but also shows the wife and Diego's perspective as well and you get a sense of their feelings as the movie progresses. I like how it shows the main characters conflict within himself as well as with his wife and Diego.I think it is sad that he cannot be himself, because he feels he needs to be what is expected of him. I find that it is the case with some people these days (not only in sexual orientation) where they feel they are force to be something they are not or change who they are not, just so that they can please other people.

although you can't imagine either the wife or the boyfriend being in love with the totally self absorbed husband, the movie works on many levels and is intelligent and entertaining. the acting is excellent. it's too bad the husband's character wasn't better explained. as written, he only cares about himself.

I saw this film a few hours ago. It's beautifully shot and there are some nice performances but it just doesn't mount up to much. It's all rather soap-operatic, with a swelling soundtrack and nowhere to go. I thought it was going to go somewhere (belatedly) in the last 20 minutes but it just got wrapped up very suddenly.I felt I was watching a remake of "Making Love". If you really want to see some emotional truth in a situation like this, see "Hollow Reed".