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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: March 3, 1989 |
Starring:
Alyson Reed, Chelsea Field, Denise Crosby, Don Gordon, Joel Brooks, John Ritter, Julianne Phillips, Nina Foch, Peter Donat, Vincent Gardenia
Summary:
A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
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Skin Deep works best when the director delivers his stock in trade -- slapstick and sight gags. [3 March 1989, p.6]
Skin Deep, the latest and 36th off the line, could sum up his whole checkered career - it's that good and that bad, by turns terrifically funny and terribly flawed. [3 March 1989]
But Skin Deep hasn't the energy level or the inventiveness to sustain the demands of sex farce. There's only one sight gag as funny, involving glow-in-the-dark prophylactics. There's also only one role that's sympathetic. As usual, it's the Julie Andrews role of long-suffering wife, played by Alyson Reed. One last complaint: In the guise of being unflinching about dancing on the edge of outrage, the film reveals a mean streak involving cruel things done to dogs. Skin Deep spends what seems like a lot of time living up to - or is it down to? - its name. [3 March 1989, p.47]
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