Naked (DVD)

Description: Theatrical Release: 1994 / Director: Mike Leigh / Actors: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp ... / DVD released 10 July, 2002 ... more

Naked (DVD) ... at Shock / Features of the DVD: PAL / 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 Young Man" for the 1990s follows an acidic wanderer (Cannes award winner David Thewlis) who observes a corrosive Britain. An intellectual, bitter film filtered with debauchery and black humour, Naked follows the bemusing Johnny as he crosses in and out of doorways, drifting into old acquaintances and new lost souls. It is more of a character film than sheer entertainment and thus it can be hard to watch but it offers one of the great performances of the 1990s. Thewlis would have been an Oscar shoo-in if he'd worn a dinner jacket and repressed his emotions. He didn't, and his brilliant work went unrecognised in mainstream America. --Doug Thomas

Newest Review: ... very selfish, and if he sees something he wants, he just takes it, regardless of the consequences. Sarcastic, belittling, ... more

... scathing, impatient, sadistic and utilising (when it suits him) a cruel and cutting wit, occasionally Johnny will just show a fleeting sensitivity bordering upon gruff kindness, but the darkness of his powerful and brilliant mind is the controlling and driving force behind this almost insane individual. In a somewhat perverse way, Johnny is a kind of an idealist - once you have seen the character in action, that concept might be hard to come to grips with - but much of his frustration and anger stems from a deep mistru...more

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	Naked [1993] [DVD] In between his breakthrough film (Life Is Sweet) and his world se ... Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45	£ 14.00

Naked [1993] [DVD]
In between his breakthrough film (Life Is Sweet) and his world se ...

Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45

£ 14.00

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Naked (DVD): Mike Leigh's darkest movie (1894 words)
by - written on 09/08/09 (Very useful, 145 readings)
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MAIN CAST: Johnny (David Thewlis) Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) Louise (Lesley Sharpe) Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell) Sandra (Clare Skinner) Brian (Peter Wright) Archie (Ewen Bremner) Maggie (Susan Vidler) Older dancing woman in window (Deborah MacLaren) Girl in café (Gina McKee) RELEASED IN 1993 Devised and directed by Mike Leigh Produced by Simon Channing-Williams ========================================= NB: This is a review of the film only. Aside from Mike Leigh's rather depressing 'Bleak Moments' film which was released in the early 1970s as one of his ... Read the complete review

Nakedly rubbish (160 words)
by - written on 08/11/00 (23 readings)
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Even by Mike Leigh's inflated standards, a vastly overrated slice of late-night urban sleaze. There's no mistaking the quality of David Thewlis' towering performance as a violent, resentful Northern loser who heads south to cause trouble for his ex, and has a series of weird encounters on the streets of the capital. Perhaps this is supposed to be a study of misogyny, but the film's endless catalogue of grim assaults and arguments are wearying after a while, and no amount of cinematic skill can disguise the laughably over-played yuppie villain subplot (Greg Cruttwell's performance as the Thatcherite rapist is agonising). If you can ... Read the complete review

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