Naked

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama

An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

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7.7/10

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 8 wins & 7 nominations total

Trivia
To prepare for the role of Johnny, David Thewlis read Voltaire's Candide, the teachings of Buddha and James Gleick's Chaos, and the holy books the Bible and the Qur'an.

Quotes
Louise: So what happened, were you bored in Manchester?
Johnny: Was I bored? No, I wasn't fuckin' bored. I'm never bored. That's the trouble with everybody - you're all so bored. You've had nature explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the living body explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the universe explained to you and you're bored with it. So now you want cheap thrills and like plenty of them, and it don't matter how tawdry or vacuous they are as long as it's new, as long as it's new, as long as it flashes and fuckin' bleeps in forty fuckin' different colors. So whatever else you can say about me, I'm not fuckin' bored.

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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Blink/Naked/I'll Do Anything/The Thing Called Love/Blue (1994)

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Without a doubt, Mike Leigh's Naked is one of the most brilliant examples of filmmaking I have ever seen.

David Thewlis is nothing short of genius as the aimless Johnny, a combustible combination of brilliance and depression, who's mere presence in anyone's purview contaminates and destroys with the effectiveness of Round-Up.

Mesmerizing and fast-paced, there is no shortage of excellence in the smaller plots and characters: Greg Cruttwell is spectacular as the pompous, nouveau-riche Jeremy, and the two female leads, Leslie Sharp and Katrin Cartlidge provide well balanced juxtaposition as two very different femmes damaged.

Not for the faint of heart, Naked will test one's own philosophy, and leave you stripped bare.