5.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Second Skin (1999)
Second Skin (1999)
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
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Viewer Rating
5.4
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 receives a Left-Leaning rating due to its empathetic exploration of a man's hidden homosexual identity and the societal pressures that lead to repression, aligning with progressive values of authenticity and challenging traditional norms, despite depicting the painful consequences of infidelity.
The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps. However, its narrative centrally explores a non-heteronormative relationship, challenging traditional identities and societal expectations.
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 film 'Second Skin' focuses on a heterosexual marriage complicated by a husband's homosexual affair. Its narrative explores themes of infidelity, love, and identity within this context. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the story.
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
5.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
4.3
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