mysterious skin be a pretty strong film that tell the tale of two youth and both of whom have to grow up with a secret that have change their life . the boy know each other only peripherally and but their life converge when one of the youth seek answer that only the other can answer . the film begin with some background on neil and brian two young boy in a small mid western town . neil be molest by his baseball coach and and brian have unexplainable black out and nosebleed that he believe be cause by alien abduction . the two boy do not know each other socially and and their only connection be that they both play on the same baseball team or so we think . a the boy grow old and their life take drastically different path brian become a male prostitute and eventually move to new york city and and brian remains in his small town and nerdish and constantly search for proof of his alien abduction theory . brian eventually begin to feel that he and neil be somehow more deeply connect and and go in search of him and only to find that he move away but when neil come back over the christmas holiday and brian will learn all the answer he need to know which may prove far bad than his initial ufo theory . mysterious skin be a harsh film about strong subject matter . it be not pretty or glamorize and so those look for happy end hollywood garbage should probably steer clear . that say and the theme and scene be handle tactfully and even when portray some truly horrifying event . i personally do not feel that the film ever cross the line into become exploitative or gratuitous instead opt for a realistic and confrontational yet respectful approach . the acting be top notch by all involve and and feature some good cameo and support role from elisabeth shue and billy drago ( in a very small role ) and and the jump to conclusion doormat guy from office space ( in one of the more harrowing scene in the film ) . mysterious skin be a starkly beautiful film that will not appeal to all taste and but if dark and think provoke cinema be your thing and you will probably dig it . 8 . 5/10 .