Today’s #ProjectHitch viewing was something of a dud,
unfortunately.
The Skin Game follows the story of the Hillcrists and the
Hornblowers, rival families attempting to live through a damaging feud, a
premise that could be interesting were both families not entirely tedious and
unlikeable in almost every sense.
Throughout the movie I tried to form an opinion as to which
family I liked most, and therefore wanted to see come out on top but they
honestly both annoyed me. Their petty disagreements and sabotage only served to
anger me and even though there are one or two characters I grew to care about,
I found the film as a whole quite a tiring experience.
There have been a few Hitchcock films along the way that,
had I to guess a director, Hitch’ name would never have come up. This is one of
them. There’s no recognisably Hitchcock-esque shots, nor characters. The film
itself was rather dry and not one I would go out of my way to watch again.
Since this blog post is going up quite late, I can tell you
now that I haven’t been able to find the next film on my chronological list,
Rich and Strange but have already watch the film after, Number Seventeen and it
fared much better than The Skin Game.
Stick around to hear my thoughts on it.
Lesley
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