Mysterious Skin

"I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically disappear." trauma can manifest in a myriad of ways. sometimes it lingers over you just slightly out of reach so its presence is known, but you continue unable to shake the feeling that something is deeply, deeply wrong. sometimes its everywhere you go and within everyone you know, like its blurring your vision. this movie encapsulates that in the most visceral, tragic, surreal, intimate, earnestly uncomfortable way possible and it jolts you at every corner you turn at, humouring you, calming you, and disturbing you all at once. i also wish they’d explore eric’s character more because he’s so integral to the plot and the biggest sweetheart and yet gets so little screen time. anyway i'll always respect joseph gordon levitt so much for taking on roles as difficult as these ones, and executing them flawlessly conclusion: an absolutely magnetic movie that i thankfully never have to watch again