Like so many film adaptations, this is not the book it is based on. Leaving most of the important character development and plot points from the novel behind, Glazer replaces them with a faux-guerrilla filmmaking approach. As a standalone film this works up to a point, but as an adaptation of an excellent science-fiction novel it fails. That said, the bit with that lad runnning bare-arsed through the fields is unintentionally hilarious.
Review of Under the Skin
