Comforting Skin

I'm not one of those people who likes any and every movie they watch. This movie is unlike any other I have seen, and the characters, while depressed and full of psychological issues, are relatable and likable. The story is unusual and touches on many real subjects people deal with daily. Great cinematography.

The story is bleh. The acting not terrible. If you are into women with personality disorders who constantly feel sorry for themselves while making excuses about how the world treated them unfairly. Then you are in for a treat.

But I warn you. It would be an act of masochism.

The soundtrack is probably by far the worst thing. Its literally painful. Discordant shrill piercing noise describes the track, calling it a soundtrack would suggest that it had some form of melody. Its worse than chalkboards and screeching horny cats.

Well. You been warned.

I really like this film and I'll tell you why. When seeing Canadian films we tend to see the dark and quiet and its almost like a European film but you can't quite put your finger on it. Oh yes, its Canadian. But Comforting Skin is different in a way that we haven't seen a film like this in a while. It is a strange yet familiar coming of age film, meaning out of young middle 20's. You know, the time of moving away from the chaos of poor judgement and freedom and into adulthood. The point where you are suddenly awake.

Its not your typical Canadian film or film at all and that is why its so refreshing. The acting is great. Tygh Runyan and Jane Sowerby do a good job at carrying the story and you never know whose perspective the story its being told from. However, Victoria Bidwell gives an exceptional and under-rated performance as Koffie, the distraught young lady who becomes obsessed with her imaginary or non-imaginary friend that is a the weaving tattoo that has come to life on her body. Franson writes and directs in such a way that you'll root for Koffie and you'll hate her and them and then there are redeeming traits from them that will bring you back to really empathizing for all of them.

This film will keep you guessing and will linger in your mind for days after. Those ones are the best.

A complete waste of time. Who funds this crap? There is no gore, violence, just a bunch of bad tats cgi crawling all over the tattooed girl the whole movie and some sex. That's it. I was hoping it would at least build up to a decent climax and that didn't even happen. This movie was so bad and boring I admit I had to fast forward part of it. I saw this movie on netflix- most of the horror movies on netflix are about 80% bad but this is by far the worst I've seen.The only comfort was when it was over.

Now, I was lured in by the movie's rather interesting cover. I hadn't heard about "Comforting Skin" prior to stumbling upon it by random luck in mid-2019, eight years after the movie was released. I knew absolutely nothing about it, but the movie's cover suggested a horror movie, so I was onboard.

Well, it wasn't exactly a horror movie, it was more of a drama laced with a hint of mystery and thriller. But horror? No sir.

So how was the movie? Boring. Very boring and uneventful, and I managed to endure most of the movie, but had to give up on it with only 20 minutes to go. The movie just simply was so tedious and far from interesting that it was an ordeal to sit through it.

What made it somewhat bearable to watch was the performance of Victoria Bidewell, despite the fact that she had the script working heavily against her, and also because the movie was just loaded with a boring and faceless character gallery. But at least she stood out in this movie.

And the movie's cover, as I mentioned earlier, well... It is a hoax, because it oversells the movie by miles. The tattoo depicted on the cover is nothing like it is in the movie, and it is simply just false advertising to spice up the interest in the movie. I was suckered in. So you have been warned now, so you don't walk into the same trap.

I can't really find a reason for recommending that you take the time to sit down and watch "Comforting Skin", because the movie simply doesn't have any value or proper selling arguments. Do yourself a favor and steer well clear of this 2011 movie.