In between his breakthrough film (Life Is Sweet) and his world sensation (Secrets and Lies), filmmaker Mike Leigh created his most abrasive and daring film, Naked. This "Angry You...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Stats: 763 reviews
deeply disturbing. is everyone in this film mentally ill? it's horrible and hilarious and very, very angry. the female characters seem uniformly masochistic and troubled but of course they'd have to be to want to associate with johnny and jeremy who so obviously hate women. t...( read more)
My favourite Mike Leigh film by a mile. David Thewlis's performance in Naked is easily one of the greatest in the history of cinema, definitely in the top 10 of all time. The script is astonishing, its dark humour is both funny but uncomfortable and the characters are hateful but...( read more)
"Naked" is one of those films that seems completely irredeemable in every way. You cannot relate to any of the characters, nor do you approve of anything they do. They are various degrees of despicable, and therefore our only way to sympathize with anybody is to decipher who is t...( read more)
A fascinating, touching, funny, horrifying, witty, uncomfortable and brilliant film by Mike Leigh. A tour de force performance by David Thewlis.
What can anyone say about "Naked?" If you haven't seen it, you have no idea. David Thewlis gives an explosive performance, the script is so brilliant it feels like you don't know anything and Mike Leigh's direction is what makes this movie a masterpiece. I wish people made films ...( read more)
Thewlis is a force of nature and the script is good that at times I found myself saying "wow" over and over. Brutal, daring, and beautiful.
The best thing about this film isn't only Thewlis's performance, but the naturalistic way every scene seems to function. It literally was like watching people I might've known before or seen. It really knocked me to my seat and I couldn't stop watching. You can always count on Mi...( read more)
Johnny is our anti-hero here, he's a rapist, he's completely insane, and most importantly, he's a doomsday prophet! Thewlis's performance is haunting. The way he wanders around in a world that almost seems like it could never exist (but it does) is nightmarish. This film grows pr...( read more)
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