Elizabeth Banks Reveals the Real Targets of Her New Satirical Thriller Skincare
Aug 17, 2024
Elizabeth Banks speaks with MovieWeb’s Will Sayre about her new film, Skincare, also with Lewis Pullman and Luis Gerardo Méndez. She discusses the film’s satirical targets and its many critiques, from big business and beauty standards to Hollywood and our culture’s obsession with youth. Skincare is out Aug. 16, 2024, from IFC Films.
In Skincare, famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store. She starts to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan (Lewis Pullman) she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life.
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