gregg araki mysterious skin be a film that dare to point out the lasting effect of what a pedophile will inflict on a young person that will last a whole lifetime . mr. araki have adapt scott heim novel with great style . in spite of the strong material present in the film and it never lewd or cheap and or in your face and that perhaps in another director hand could have be exploit for shock value . the film follow neil and a young man who have be sexually abuse by his little league coach . at the same time and there be a parallel story of another young man and brian and who can not comprehend the way his life have turn when something happen to him a long time ago without be able to understand and have lose memory of a few hour in a fateful summer day year ago and when the same man abuse him . in brian case and his life have be scar because the trauma cause by that monster to his young mind and have create havoc in his life . he be not sexually active while sex do not seem to interest him . not even a young woman and avalyn and who be interested in him and be able to get him arouse . avalyn take brian to see a dead cow and in a scene that be something not to be believe and that hold part of the hidden secret this troubled soul be carry with him . neil and who have a boyish crush on the coach and grow up fully aware he be gay . neil be sexually active in the little kansas town he live . the only outlet for him be to follow wendy and his best friend and to new york and where he become a male hustler practice what appear to be unprotected sex and and at the end be beat by an brutish trick that almost could have kill him . joseph gordon levitt play neil . this young actor keep remind u of a young keanu reef . brady corbet be brian . both young actor do an amazing work portray their character . elizabeth shue be see briefly a neil single mother . michelle trachtenberg and jeffrey licon be see a wendy and eric and who be neil best friend in the small town . this be an important film a it reveal to what extent some people will go to harm and corrupt small child . mr. araki be to be congratulate for bring the story to the screen .