5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Second Skin (1999)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
When Elena finds a hotel bill in her husband’s pocket, she begins to suspect that he’s having an affair — but not that it’s with a man.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
When Elena finds a hotel bill in her husband’s pocket, she begins to suspect that he’s having an affair — but not that it’s with a man.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict, revolving around a man's hidden homosexual identity and the personal struggle against societal norms, aligns with left-leaning themes of challenging traditional expectations and advocating for authenticity. Its empathetic portrayal of this struggle positions it as left-leaning.
The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps. However, its narrative centrally explores a gay relationship, presenting a strong critique of traditional heterosexual norms and the struggles arising from the conflict between societal expectations and personal identity.
Secondary
Second Skin sensitively explores a married man's hidden gay relationship, depicting LGBTQ+ characters with dignity, complexity, and agency. Despite a tragic ending and themes of infidelity, the film maintains an empathetic stance, framing obstacles as external forces. It ultimately affirms the worth of queer lives and love, focusing on emotional truth rather than condemnation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Second Skin" (1999) features original characters created for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' canonical genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
This film is an original Spanish drama from 1999, not an adaptation of prior source material with pre-established characters or a biopic of historical figures. All characters are original to this production, therefore no race swap can occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
5.8
Critic Ratings
N/A
4.3
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