The Skinny

Released Feb 10, 2012

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a weekend of fun, sins, secrets, lies and drama.

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Rotten to the core, that Jussie is. Why Amazon would think to suggest this garbage is beyond me!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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love love this movie big jussie fan

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Lovely movie and not so cliche.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

I really liked this film; I mean I really liked it. It's not just that there were club scenes and I don't get out...at all any more; the picture perfect cast, the acting, comedic smarts, and great script were fab, too. This is a self-aware screwball comedy that works.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

awesome movie with great acting from Blake young fountain and jessie s.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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I liked this movie. I got emotional in two scenes, and I usually don't get emotional watching movies.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Patrik-Ian Polk

Director

Jussie Smollett

Magnus

Blake Young-Fountain

Sebastian

Shanika Warren-Markland

Langston

Michael Franklin

Michael

Anthony Burrell

Kyle

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

The large ensemble deliver mainly endearing performances and the tech elements are solid despite the obvious budget.

Jun 8, 2012

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

Is it a good movie? Not really.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 8, 2012

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Jussie Smollett, in particular, shines as Magnus.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 23, 2020

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Alexander Ryll

Gay Essential

The Skinny is a fun and enjoyable 100 minutes with several interweaving story elements at varying degrees of drama handled with far more aplomb than Polk's earlier, more groundbreaking work.

Sep 15, 2019

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Synopsis

Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a weekend of fun, sins, secrets, lies and drama.

Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Screenwriter: Patrik-Ian Polk
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2012, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2016
Runtime: 1h 35m

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