Under the Skin ★★★☆☆

Finally watched this! It’s so rare to see a truly different kind of science fiction film that it’s tempting to love it for that alone, but the whole quiet, moody thing went just a bit too far for me. A film can contain much to admire and still miss the mark. I was fascinated… but I would also never watch it again, and I am not sure I can even recommend it, except to someone else like me: if you just want to watch every intriguing SF film ever made, go for it. If you only want to watch the ones that work well… not so much.

(I really need a half-star for this one so I can give it 2.5, but that symbol just doesn’t exist.)