The Skinny
“Journeys Captured. Expectations Shattered.”
2025•U•4m•Released
Documentary
A short archival documentary exploring how people come to the UK in search of a better life, only to find that the reality often falls short of their expectations.
Director
Max Palmer
Languages
English
Studio
Dirtflower Productions
Recommended
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.4
Maria by Callas
2017
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.5
Love, Marilyn
2013
7.5
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
7.1
Audrey
2020
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.2
180° South
2010
6.8
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
7.5
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
6.9
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
6.7
I Am Ali
2014
7.4
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.3
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
2008
7.1
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
7
A Love Song for Latasha
2019
Similar Movies
The Perfect Story
2022
10
Refugee Poetry
2016
7
Oaxacalifornia: The Return
2021
6.3
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019
How to Build a House out of Wreckage and Rags
2022
Empress
2025
8
Deportation Class
2017
7.5
La Traversée de Bourvil
2022
Openland
2009
7.2
Alain Delon, a unique portrait
2015
Displacement and Resilience
2019
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope
2009
7.2
Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face
2022
1
The Tallest Dwarf
2025
The Sweet Life
1981
Lost Connections
2021
7.1
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
2024
Obaida
2019
6.5
Before Summer Ends
2017
Talking About Visibility
2021