Crime drama

Skins (2002): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot

Name: Skins
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002-09-27
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Cast: Graham Greene, Eric Schweig

Skins is a 2002 crime drama directed by Chris Eyre, starring Graham Greene and Eric Schweig. It runs 1 hour 24 minutes and earned $249,204 worldwide. It earned 1 award nomination, including Best Male Lead at the Spirit Awards 2003. Critics gave it 57 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.0/10.

IMDb rating: 7.0/10
worldwide gross: $249.2K
award nomination: 1
Metascore: 57

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Released: September 27, 2002
Runtime: 1h 24m (84 min)
Director: Chris Eyre
Genres: Drama , Crime
Original language: Spanish
Studio: First Look International
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Skins About?

The premise of Skins without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Set against the backdrop of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Mt. Rushmore, this film explores the harsh realities of life in one of America's most impoverished communities. Officer Rudy Yellow Lodge confronts a deeply personal struggle as he arrests his brother, Mogie, navigating the complexities of family, addiction, and the lasting impact of colonialism on the reservation. The story reveals a cycle of despair and the challenges faced by those living within this isolated and troubled landscape.

Skins Themes & Keywords

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Cast & crew

Skins Cast

Graham Greene leads the cast, with Eric Schweig. Directed by Chris Eyre.

Director Chris Eyre

From the director

More from Chris Eyre

More films directed by Chris Eyre, best-rated first: Smoke Signals, Hide Away, Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning and A Thief Of Time.

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Ratings

Skins Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave Skins 57 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.0/10.

IMDb

7.0 /10
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Metacritic

57 Metascore
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Plot

Skins Plot Summary

What happens in Skins from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

Rudy Graham Greene and Mogie Eric Schweig Yellow Lodge are Lakota Sioux brothers living on the Beaver Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Mogie is unemployed and has a teenage son. Rudy, a police officer, struggles to care for his brother, his nephew, and the rest of the town through the hands of the law. Mogie resists Rudy’s helpful attempts, preferring to drink and joke about the depressed state of their people and town. As a child, Rudy had been bitten by a spider, and Mogie told him it was Iktomi, the trickster spider; this spider re-appears to Rudy early in the film and Rudy’s attempts to help begin to wander outside the lines of the law.

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