Skin Deep (1989) Reviews & Ratings

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Skin Deep reviews

Skin Deep holds a 6.2/10 average from 94 TMDB ratings.

**_Jack Tripper as a womanizing alcoholic with writer’s block_** A writer (John Ritter) is caught cheating by the woman he’s cheating with and so his wife kicks him out (Alyson Reed). He gets advice from his bartender and counsel from his therapist while every attractive female in SoCal catches his tipsy eye. “Skin Deep” (1989) comes across as Three’s Company five years after it ended, except movie length, more dram…
— Wuchak (6/10)

Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.

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