mysterious skin be a movie that i hear very little about . never saw the trailer and never saw a poster nothing . until one day i be just look up movie online and i come across this film . i look up the website and watch the trailer and and say i want to see this . so i do not get around to it when i live in california since it come and go very quickly however the film do show up in a little theater about 5 mile from my house so i figure i have to check this film out and so i do . mysterious skin be the story of two boy brian ( brady corbet ) and neil ( joseph gordon levitt ) . brian can not remember what happen to him when he be younger but he know something bad happen . neil on the other hand remembers every second of what happen and have let that take control of his life . the story continue to show brian a a nerdy kid try to find out what happen to him and neil turn into a hustler . but in the end the horrify truth come out and their life be change forever . when this film end and i just stood there and say wow that be really mess up and i felt depressed . the story be so raw and graphic . i do not think i saw anything this graphic since i first saw irreversible a few year back . the movie feel so real and the event that occur to these two kid seem so common in today society . i think it really hit home and that why this film work so well . the lead performance by brady corbet and joseph gordon levitt be terrific . both be extremely believable and well act . it nice how they each play a character so different from one another . after watch levitt in this film and manic and latter day and i be pretty convinced that the guy be one hell of an actor although he need to stick to the independent film . and the same thing go for brady corbet who star in my favorite film two year back call thirteen . also i feel it necessary to comment on michelle trachtenberg here who play neil partner in crime wendy . i really do not like mrs. trachtenberg probably because i saw her in the god awful euro trip and in buffy however in this movie she be pretty good . i think she play the support role well . gregg araki be both the writer and director on the film . i must say the man know how to make a graphic and disturbing film . the movie at time be hard to watch because of how disturbing some of the scene be . i haven not see any of mr. araki other film but i have be read online and have hear that this be his masterpiece . i can not really say that i like the film because this isn not a movie you come out of and say oh yea that be wonderful . you kind of come out of the theater say man that be really fcked up and kind of like the movie thirteen although this movie be much more graphic . it a great work of art as far a film go and tell a deep and disturbing story well . the thing like i mention above that make the film work be that this type of stuff happens in the world today which again be why thirteen work . it shock and disturb but it only that way because it feel and seem real . in the end and i think it a really good movie with powerful performance and a great story . the movie be not for the weak hearted . i myself felt a bit disturb by the film . the subject matter isn not very happy and neither be the story . the film be extremely graphic and raw . some of the more disturbing scene seem to run on for a long time which mean that the film be work on it audience . i can not really pick a target audience for this film but if you like movie that be real and raw then you should check this out . this be a great movie that i think many would not be able to handle but for the few who can i think it really deliver . moviemanmenzel final rating for mysterious skin be a positive .