Under the Skin, 2013 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers)

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I'm not sure if I got this movie at all, but I sure as hell wanna talk about it.

First off, if you haven't seen this movie stop right now. Don't read anything about it until you watched it. Trust me. It's better. Go.

So, this movie is about... Scarlett Johansson being an Alien in Scottland? That's what I got out of it.

This is one of those movies that is actually scary... or more eerie to be honest. It made me feel uncomfortable. The only movie I can compare it to is Eraserhead. It feels weird and just off all the time. There are long scenes with silence.

In the first half of the movie she is a predator. She collects men, takes them to her house and ... makes them walk into black goo.
In the second half she is running away.

The movie is well shot. There are scenes that just look beautiful.

But the most important part is probably Scarlett Johanssons acting. She carries this movie and I just cannot understand that this is the same woman that plays Black Widow in the MCU movies. She is great in this. She really feels ... off. Not human.

I'm not sure if this ending is a "twist" ending, because it's pretty clear that she is an alien.

I'm sure the director wanted to tell us something through this movie but I have no idea what, so that's what I'm going to find out right now.
All in all this movie was great and interesting to watch and I already wanna see it again. I rate it 4.5 out of 5 stars.