Mysterious Skin (2004)

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Synopsis

Dir: Gregg Araki. Drama. Based on the book by Scott Heim. Two young men (Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) with shared childhood trauma, cope with their experience in vastly different ways.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Frequent use of sexual language - detail
• Frequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence, some in a sexual violence context - some blood and brutal detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault, some involving children -some detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illegal drug use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Coping with trauma
• Uncovering the truth
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content and sexual violence involving children

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