I love this movie so much

Let's be realistic.

Absolutely Fantastic

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I'm not one of those people who likes any and every movie they watch. This movie is unlike any other I have seen, and the characters, while depressed and full of psychological issues, are relatable and likable. The story is unusual and touches on many real subjects people deal with daily. Great cinematography.

Although listed as a horror/thriller, this is more in the vein of dramas such as "Images" by Robert Altman and "Repulsion' by Polanski. Great performances by the three leads, excellent direction, writing and cinematography make this more of an art film than the usual stuff found on Netflix. Also noteworthy is an excellent score that knows when to slip into and out of tonality, to represent the inner world of the main character. I found myself also thinking of "Let's Scare Jessica To Death" with both the performance of the lead, and the use of eerie, overlapping voices to represent the madness she was slipping into. A good representation of the inner world of bi-polar/schizophrenia without resorting to Hollywood clichés.

Brave? Darkly beautiful? Um, no. Couldn't care less about the characters. Constant use of the F word does not make film edgy. I have to admit, I turned it on because Netflix selected it as something I'd watch--probably because I'm a horror fan and the whole "talking tattoo" thing. The main character writhing around with her fantasy lover was the final nail in the coffin for me. Even that would have been tolerable if I could have cared even a bit for the main character, a person who was never shown to have any redeeming qualities that the audience could identify with. If there had been even one character with redeeming qualities, it might have been worth sitting through, but it didn't. The movie consisted of nothing but laconic, boring, self-absorbed people obsessed with their sexuality. I wish that film-makers would remember that sex can be the moving force behind a drama without it being the focus of the movie.

I really like this film and I'll tell you why. When seeing Canadian films we tend to see the dark and quiet and its almost like a European film but you can't quite put your finger on it. Oh yes, its Canadian. But Comforting Skin is different in a way that we haven't seen a film like this in a while. It is a strange yet familiar coming of age film, meaning out of young middle 20's. You know, the time of moving away from the chaos of poor judgement and freedom and into adulthood. The point where you are suddenly awake. Its not your typical Canadian film or film at all and that is why its so refreshing. The acting is great. Tygh Runyan and Jane Sowerby do a good job at carrying the story and you never know whose perspective the story its being told from. However, Victoria Bidwell gives an exceptional and under-rated performance as Koffie, the distraught young lady who becomes obsessed with her imaginary or non-imaginary friend that is a the weaving tattoo that has come to life on her body. Franson writes and directs in such a way that you'll root for Koffie and you'll hate her and them and then there are redeeming traits from them that will bring you back to really empathizing for all of them.This film will keep you guessing and will linger in your mind for days after. Those ones are the best.