New in Theaters: ‘Under the Skin’

‘Under the Skin’: Scarlett Johansson goes hunting for a few good humans

For his last two films,Sexy Beast andBirth, Jonathan Glazer dealt with the aliens that walk amongst us, whether it was divorced-from-reality gangsters or creepy children. InUnder the Skin, though, he finally gets around to telling a story about an honest-to-God alien—in the form of Scarlett Johansson.

Under the Skin opens in limited release on Friday. My review is atFilm Journal International:

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