skin

I saw Mysterious Skin this weekend. It's a film adaptation of a Scott Heim novel and according to the Good Ex, an excellent adaptation at that. The story is about two men, one who was abused as a child and has become a hustler. The other believes he was abducted by aliens. It's one of the few films I've seen that does a good job of portraying abuse and rape in a human way, meaning you can almost understand the motivations of the aggressors and you can definitely understand the ways people cope with horrendous events. The subject matter makes it difficult to watch at times but it's worth seeing, especially for those who dislike copout Hollywood endings.