My review was written in November 1990 after watching the movie on Raedon video cassette.
Living up to its title, cornball sex comedy "Nudity Required" is merely an excuse to show off topless women. On that basis, it will appeal to video audiences looking for nothing more.
Shot in 1988, pic is almost a remake (unauthorized) of Nico Mastorakis' year-older "Glitch", sharing a similar storyline. Surfer bums Billy Frank and Brad Zutaut accidentally lift the lease to a Beverly Hills mansion at an airport from visiting Soviet arms reduction negotiator Jule Newmar (wild casting).
They move in, and Newmar decides to share the manse with them. Duo decides the best way to pick up girls is to pose as film producers, placing an ad in the trades noting "Nudity required" for actresses.
Gung-ho would-be Ty Randolph bulls her way into a job as production manager, gets her pal Rhoda Gray hired as director of the nonexistent project, and before you can say "Glitch", cameras are rolling on "The Love Boat Murders", toplining Newmar and Edy Williams.
Just as in "Glitch", a subplot concerns gangsters, though instead of Ted Lange, Alvin Silver is the baddie. John Bowen's direction and Danny King's unfunny script are so lame Silver has to double as helpful narrator and host to explain the goings-on and fill in needed exposition.
Main sociological point of interest is that the makers of "Nudity Required" have adopted an egalitarian approach. Newmar, age 58 when this was shot, has a tastefully shot nude scene in a shower making love to Frank, and mature beauties Williams and Randolph both share the screen with undraped young starlets.
Up to and including Blake Edwards' "S. O. B.", these inside Hollywood satires are difficult to pull off and generally less funny than the earnest camp humor of an old-fashioned naive bad movie. Even in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", the best laughs are accidental.
