Mysterious Skin
2004 · 105 min · Director: Gregg Araki
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
A gay teenage prostitute and another teen, both from the same small town in Kansas, narrate separate stories from their childhoods. The prostitute's story is about a disturbing homosexual encounter with his pedophile baseball coach, and the other teen's story revolves around an amnesia blackout during which he thinks he may have been abducted by aliens. Later, the second teen finds clues linking the gay prostitute (now living in New York City) to his possible alien abduction, so he tracks him down to finally seek out the truth.
Emotional fingerprint
Mysterious Skin (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Anxiety 25%, Melancholy 25%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy35%
- Anxiety25%
- Melancholy25%
- Sadness15%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 76/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Curiosity | 58 % | 28 % | 15 % | 37 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 26 % | 13 % | 41 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Disturbing | 63 % | 36 % | 23 % | 57 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Disturbing | 69 % | 45 % | 34 % | 65 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Disturbing | 64 % | 41 % | 29 % | 57 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Curiosity | 57 % | 35 % | 20 % | 50 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Disturbing | 53 % | 30 % | 15 % | 44 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 29 % | 14 % | 39 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 32 % | 18 % | 41 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 37 % | 23 % | 43 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Empathy | 54 % | 40 % | 25 % | 39 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 39 % | 21 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 54 % | 43 % | 21 % | 34 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Empathy | 57 % | 54 % | 36 % | 31 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 71 % | 64 % | 50 % | 48 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Disturbing | 79 % | 66 % | 50 % | 60 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Empathy | 74 % | 65 % | 53 % | 49 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Sadness | 77 % | 73 % | 66 % | 57 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 86 % | 83 % | 79 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Sadness | 95 % | 93 % | 92 % | 78 % |
Icarus
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Eric Preston
Mrs. Lackey
Brian (Age 8)
Wendy (Age 11)
Deborah (Age 12)
Deborah Lackey
Stephen Zepherelli
Old Man with Scar
Patches
Redneck Hick
Details
- Directed by
- Gregg Araki
- Written by
- Gregg Araki, Scott Heim
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2004
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Country
- United States, Netherlands
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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