
Rudy Yellow Lodge is an investigator with the police department and witnesses firsthand the painful legacy of Indian existence. Although rampant unemployment, alcoholism and domestic violence are the norm for many reservation inhabitants, Rudy has largely escaped this cycle of despair. His brother Mogie, however, has not. Now faced with the discovery of a bloodied body, a flaming liquor store just off native land that sells millions of cans of beer a year to the native popula... (Full plot summary below)
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Rudy Yellow Lodge is an investigator with the police department and witnesses firsthand the painful legacy of Indian existence. Although rampant unemployment, alcoholism and domestic violence are the norm for many reservation inhabitants, Rudy has largely escaped this cycle of despair. His brother Mogie, however, has not. Now faced with the discovery of a bloodied body, a flaming liquor store just off native land that sells millions of cans of beer a year to the native population, and his brother's ongoing self-destruction, Rudy goes on a quest to avenge himself, his family, and his culture and to seek justice.
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| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansThanks to strong performances by Schweig and Greene, the results are powerful and heartbreaking. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThere's a certain raggedness and preachiness to the picture, but ultimately its simplicity and basic integrity shine through and compensate for the flaws. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaEyre ... portrays contemporary life on the reservation, laying bare the harsh realities of alcoholism, poverty and despair. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenWhile most of the acting was good, some of it was amateurish. |
| Boston GlobeJanice PageMaybe the redemptions offered are simplistic in the context of this place, but they make for a dramatic (if heavily foreshadowed) conclusion. |
| Detroit Free PressJohn MonaghanWhat makes Skins compelling is how it opens our eyes to conditions on the reservation. |
| Long Island PressPrairie MillerA craving for social order and logic where there may be little or none, and lost in a sea of white values and imposed authority irrelevant to Indian pain. |
| Dallas Morning NewsGary DowellIt's a haunting indictment of a situation that has by and large been swept under the rug by Americans -- a stirring look at one man's impotent rage. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayLike Smoke Signals, the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannGraham Greene ("Dances With Wolves") in one of the year's best performances, he's a fully dimensional character: pathetic and shrewd, tragic and bitterly funny. |