A worthy contribution to the growing microgenre of female-led beauty-themed horror, and some of us out here are ready for more.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2024

This gets a lot about L.A. right.

| Sep 16, 2024

Beauty can be an ugly business so it’s too bad this tense, fitfully funny satire about vanity scammers only goes skin deep. But it’s all flowers for Elizabeth Banks who is sheer bonkers perfection as a cosmetics control freak losing control.

| Aug 23, 2024

A compellingly sleazy ‘80s-style thriller — or at least a convincing facsimile of one. The story may be only skin-deep, but Banks and Pullman find something truthfully hopeless in these surface pleasures.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 19, 2024

The twisted and darkly unnerving comedic thriller Skincare is basically I, Tonya, only with boutique spas instead of ice skating.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2024

... A campy, fun thriller “inspired by” a real-life story, one that’s likely to come and go without much fanfare — though Elizabeth Banks’ performance deserves some.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2024

“Skincare” nails a routine well worth investing in.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2024

Perhaps L.A. defenders may find this tableau of the Land of La-La a tad harsh, but to an occasional visitor it seems like a keenly observed black comedy.

| Aug 16, 2024

What’s there borrows from the real scandal to lightly explore the feminine rage, jealousy and paranoia festering underneath a girl-boss gloss. But given a few of its omissions, it’s questionable why the storytellers didn’t go in for the kill.

| Aug 15, 2024

Austin Peters’ Skincare knows exactly what it’s doing, balancing a sense of total desperation with just enough camp to convey its nightmarish situations without ruining your day.

| Aug 15, 2024

It’s a film about the costs of selling your own superficiality to the world only ends up just as superficial.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 15, 2024

A film that looks bright on its face but ends up dull despite its best efforts and self-care.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 14, 2024

This is a strong first effort for [director Austin] Peters

| Aug 14, 2024

Banks’ textured performance and a shifty turn by Lewis Pullman as a spiritual/wellness coach are more than enough reasons to overlook the slight blemishes of a thriller that draws blood when it needs to.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 14, 2024

Peters handles the moving parts of Skincare efficiently. The film rarely stumbles over its propulsive rhythm.

| Aug 14, 2024

Austin Peters’ feature directorial debut is the best neo-noir since the Aubrey Plaza vehicle “Emily the Criminal” (2022), and it does what noir does best: showcase desperate people making really bad decisions.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 14, 2024

The movie does a great job of stoking its protagonist's particularly female paranoia, but its plot ultimately falls apart.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 14, 2024