Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Chris Smith (RockPortReview) The 2009 Australian film "In Her Skin" is based on a true story of a mentally unstable woman and her obsession with a neighbor girls perfect life. Its a story of two families dealing with heartbreak, class structures, self esteem and who is to blame.Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto play Mike and Elizabeth Barber the upper middle class parents of Rachel, a 15 year old Dancer, who goes missing after accepting a job from an estranged older friend named Caroline, played fearlessly by Ruth Bradley. The girls exist at opposite ends of the class and popularity spectrum. Rachel is young and beautiful with and equally beautiful boyfriend. She has two loving parents and a normal home life. While Caroline, who is in her early to mid 20s, lives alone in an apartment always on the brink of some kind of mental breakdown. Her parents are divorced and her father has long given up hope of having a "normal" daughter. He has had learn to just deal with her craziness after having to bail her out of situations her whole life. Caroline works a dull and dreary office job with little to no motivation to do anything more with her life. Rachel has been a sort of obsession and role model of hers every since she babysat for her years back. An idealized version of what she wish she could be. Caroline feels trapped and cursed to roam the earth in her overweight and unattractive body. She is unloved and unwanted. We can only watch as the clock ticks forward to an enviable breakdown. After Rachel doesn't return home one afternoon. Her parent start to worry and call her friends and the dance studio with no luck. They go to the police but are devastated to be told that Rachel must have ran away or is just out on a bender and will probably show up in a day or two. With all of the other more important cases, they can't be wasting their precious recourses on a missing teenage girl. Mike and Elizabeth do eventually find an investigator dedicated to finding what happen to Rachel and it all leads back to Caroline.The film is uniquely structured in that it is split up into three sections dealing with the individual characters view points and personal struggles. After a brief intro we start with a title card "Mike and Elizabeth", Then go on to "Caroline", then finally "Rachel". The resulting story is raw, honest, and heartbreaking. It is superbly acted by all involved and unlike most Hollywood studio movies doesn't offer any easy answers.

tomsview When I first saw this film – a true story – which features the graphic depiction of the murder of 15-year old Rachel Elizabeth Barber, I wondered how her parents could sit through it.However, in an interview, Rachel's mother, Elizabeth Barber, explained that she and her husband, "…didn't want people to shy away from what murder really is".This is one of the most harrowing movies you are likely to see.Rachel, played by Kate Bell, disappears after attending a dance class. The story follows her parents, Elizabeth and Mike Barber (Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce) as they attempt to find her, and convince the police that she hasn't simply run away. The film then cuts to the woman who has actually murdered their daughter, Caroline Reed Robertson, played in searing style by Ruth Bradley. Caroline came to know the family as a neighbour years before; a chance encounter that changed their lives.Combined with all the little details of family life, and the reactions of the younger children, Miranda Otto and Guy Pierce as the mother and father are so real that this film is often painful to watch.Sam Neil who plays Caroline's father, David Reid, has real presence on the screen, he is one of those actors who don't have to do much to steal a scene: the less he does the better he is. He projects a sense of exasperation and anxiety as Caroline's father.Ruth Bradley as Caroline is mesmerising. Overweight and hating her life and her body, she is nonetheless totally fixated on herself to the exclusion of just about all else. We see the mounting jealousy she feels for the seemingly perfect Rachel until she eventually murders her and tries to assume her identity. This film shows how the cocoon of safety, support and insularity embodied in normal family life can be shattered so easily by a malevolent, outside force.Every aspect of first-time director Simone North's film is brilliantly handled. From the incisive script to the interesting Melbourne locations, the film demonstrates the level of maturity that Australian films have attained today.The crime happened in 1999, and a postscript to the film is the fact that Caroline Reid Robertson is now eligible for parole. After seeing this movie and news reports about the case, you have to wonder whether the Victorian Parole Board is capable of getting this right; their track record in recent times has been abysmal with eleven murders committed by parolees in less than three years – one can only hope.

OJT A film with many names. "I am you" originally, turned to "In her skin" and in other countries the rather over used and not very original "Missing". Already in the opening scene you realize this is film which will be pleasant on your eyes. A great opening scene! Beautifully shot, great camera movements, and great setting of emotional feelings, as well as colors and sounds. This is a film which is eye candy, though it's a bleak true story. The film starts with a young daughter, Rachel, going missing on her way from dance practice. The parents know that this is serious, but as always, the police doesn't. Then we tend to another story, about Caroline, which has a mental illness, which affects not only the near family.The film's problem is that the stories are starting over and over in the beginning and takes away the tension. This doesn't help the story telling. Too bad, because there's such an amount of talent here. I think a more traditional storyline would have done different. Without this, the film would have gotten a better score. Still a great story, but the jumping doesn't allow a proper story building for this to become a classic. The mother of Caroline and her crying didn't convince me, but the cast is doing a great job. Amazing acting. A-class. Ruth Bradley is amazing in her role as Caroline.The film reminded me of "Black swan" in more than one way. Both the mental illness, the ballet dancing and the overall quality. Well picked score, heavy on emotion. A great Film, and one if the better Australian films I've seen.

Talktojudie I saw a movie today that moved me. I watched it by chance. I almost returned the movie to Netflix without watching. But, as luck would have it, I had nothing else to do, and nothing on my DVR, so I popped it in. I was in a trance the entire time. Simone North did something that is rarely done in movies today. She got a gut wrenching, honest and realistic performance. Ruth Bradley should have won an Oscar for her performance. The realistic portrayal of insanity was amazing. I was reading some reviews and was quite disappointed by their negative opinions of the movie. I am not sure what has happened to Hollywood. Why is it so one sided now? Why must everything in the movies be about portraying America as Bad and evil, the minority as the victim, the homosexual as the hero....I am okay with all of that IF THE MOVIE IS GOOD! Focus on the story, the acting....stop with the regurgitation of last years hits. Thank you Simone North for stepping out of the box and giving us some amazing performances.