Naked

It's an entertaining film. Not a laughing gas but has mediocre humor. It's neither a must watch film nor a don't watch film. You can watch it on a bad day or on a train way home or while waiting for someone, you don't even need full attention. Just watch it on the go.

Netflix is casting its net very wide by agreeing to distribute this film and appeal to all audiences. I didn't find this film too bad. It is an easy watch during the holidays as we need a mindless and simple film now and then. Put it this way if you watched Interstellar and Tenet recently or in the same week you'd benefit from giving your brain a rest by watching this. Its funny quirky and quite silly but not worth any hate at the same time.

I'm so sorry to see that Marlon, once again, end up in a bad movie... I'm sure he is a talented actor...if he gets the chance (but then he has to stop producing his own movies and be more aware of the directors).

The acting is not great, but I really believe that it could have been good (even though it's basically just a remake of Groundhog Day). The movie is not good... There is no substance, surprises or great scenes, and I truly believe it's the producers and directors fault, and not so much the actors.

I am very surprised that this is a Netflix production...

3/4

A Netflix original comedy starring none other than Scary Movie guy Marlon Wayans... scared yet? From looking at this movie, it will strike as something that doesn't look good off paper. However, I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed myself.

The plot is simple: A man-child is about to get married when he and his buddies get wasted the night before. Cut to him waking up naked in an elevator, making it to his wedding before a time loop takes him back into the elevator naked. This happens until he can pull of his marriage perfectly (he screws up a lot, hence the conflict).

Not only does it provide laughs, but over the course of an hour (repeated dozens of times) you get to see Wayan's character truly mature and grow. He gets to see hear those at the wedding reprimand him (which turned out to be giving him advice) so he could know how to improve circa next shot of redemption. Although it strives to be a little more than a popcorn flick, it's harder to take its message more seriously in it's context.

It's a fun movie for some laughs on Friday night, that also has (very little) depth if you look hard enough. However, don't subscribe to Netflix just to watch this: it can be missed.

Not to be confused with the bleak British drama of the same name, Naked is a Wayans Netflix original movie and oddly enjoyable.

I'll be honest I assumed it would be the pits, Netflix doesn't have the best record with comedies and Wayans hasn't made a decent movie in a fair long while.

Naked embraces a plot type that I enjoy, namely the time loop. Seen in the likes of Groundhog Day (1993), the Happy Deathday franchise and the recent television series Russian Doll (2019) I always find it rather intriguing.

Here we see a man wake up on his wedding day in a broken down hotel elevator, stark naked. Everytime the church bells sound he returns to the same spot and is forced to relive the same period of time again. You know the drill, with each loop he learns more and more and gets closer to achieving his goal.

Here they did a fantastic job with the concept and the balance between comedy and a competent storyline. I laughed, I cheered and I walked away happy.

Naked does exactly what it sets out to do, bravo Netflix.

The Good:

Some real laughs

Heartwarming feel good film

Makes great use of its concept

Solid cast

The Bad:

A couple of jokes are cringe inducing