Based on a novel by Michel Faber, Under The Skin was director Glazer's first film in a decade when it landed in 2013, winning awards and critical acclaim for its story about an alien, played by published 9 February 2015. At first, Jonathan Glazer's mind-altering Under the Skin went by the nickname " Scarlett Johansson 's nude movie." The 30-year-old actress was playing an alien 7/10. Gets under the skin. TheLittleSongbird 3 September 2017. Despite being a box office failure, 'Under the Skin' was a critical success with a lot of critics citing it as "an unforgettable experience" and one of the best films of the year. Audience reaction, as one can see here, has been much more divisive.The movie was the same but the experiences shared after greatly differed. Sedaris left the movie, as being "unremarkable and faded from his memory." As his partner leaves the movie, he is presented with a graphic image of a dead man hanging from a tree.At its core, Under the skin is a moral story and asks the question of what makes us human. It might be considered a books concerning animal activism but I don't think this was the objective. It is more of a discussion about identity, alienation, perception of humanity. Ultimately, the conclusion is that we are all the same under the skin.Gregory Ellwood April 7, 2014. "Under the Skin" finally arrived in theaters this past weekend and, happily for moviegoers, A24 Films were rewarded for their gutsy acquisition of Jonathan Under the Skin Review. Scarlett Johansson's turn in Under the Skin is a truly alien experience, lulling certain susceptible audiences into seductive annihilation.zRXzU.