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Naked

1993
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2h 11m
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Rated 07 Feb 2007
89
92nd
Bleak and cynical and often uproariously funny. Much of the credit belongs to Thewlis, comparable to McDowell in Clockwork Orange or DeNiro in Taxi Driver. He doesn't so much straddle the line between good and evil as he does swerve back and forth over it like a drunk driver. In the end he is neither redeemed nor vilified. Lesley Sharp is also superb as his ex-girlfriend. The sour note in the movie is Jeremy, whose absolute vileness doesn't ring true.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
94
99th
From the start you get the feeling this isn't a very subtle film, and Thewlis owns the screen all the way through. Top part of the film for me will always be with the night watchman though, where they seem to bond, sort of. Only time Thewlis has an inkling of "likeability"(I love him though) about him. But even though he's an asshole, he always has a thought through reason for his venomous tirades, a way to back it up it you might say. Also see it as a well placed attack on Thatcherism.
Rated 06 Jun 2008
95
94th
A great film. Johnny is a truly excellent character. You'd love him if he weren't such an asshole, not to mention a serial rapist. He's a great bohemian gutter philosopher type. Indeed, my favorite part of the film was the part with him and the security guard Brian, where they very eloquently discuss the secrets of the Universe. I have to agree with all the people saying that Jeremy is far too two-dimensional a character. He stands out like a sore, simple thumb in a film of great complexity.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
Intense, intellectual and visceral. Naked is not for the squeamish or slow witted, but is an incredibly rich film experience. One of the best movies ever made, IMO, even if it can be very difficult to watch at times. #4 in my all time top 10.
Rated 08 Apr 2007
93
99th
Epitome on endless human cruelty. Miserable to watch.
Rated 15 Feb 2010
55
11th
Johnny has all the charm of a philosophy student enamored with nihilism. Using his existential angst and accrued stank from homelessness, he wracks up a queue of self-loathing women begging to be sexually assaulted. While not committing rape, our protagonist wins over drunk and bored strangers by rambling on about the end of mankind. Edgy! Naked is a sociopathic romp through an alternate universe where every human being has been replaced by a pathetic pile of slag.
Rated 07 Feb 2007
77
66th
Thewlis is fantastic as the brilliant sociopath Johnny, and his conversations with various odd city folk are fascinating. I don't understand the purpose of the misanthropic and abusive Cruttwell character Jeremy; if he is the rich and bourgeois counterpart to Johnny's disenfranchised and bitter everyman, which seems likely, then he's too simplistic and, though occasionally amusing, is unpleasant to watch.
Rated 01 Feb 2009
65
38th
Thewlis' acting is brilliant, and the scenes with him wandering around London and interacting with strangers are great. However, the first half hour at the house isn't as interesting and drags, and the last half hour gets really annoying, especially the roommate who comes back. The last shot is great, but doesn't make up for the obnoxiousness that happens before it. A disappointingly uneven experience.
Rated 18 Oct 2008
90
79th
A psychotic, intellectual and fantastic masterpiece. Although it's unpleasant to look at sometimes and it features disturbing subject matter, It's a joy to watch and the character of Johnny is extremely charismatic and likable.
Rated 14 Mar 2007
60
54th
Highly intelligent but not necessarily wise. Naked is laudably realistic in certain ways (the impressive acting helps), but so uncompromisingly verbal, witty and cynical as to end up contrived and stagey. Not that it aims for actual realism, I guess, as Johnny seems like a Jesus allegory (there's even visual symbolism supporting this) plus there's a karma motif. Either way it's a callous movie and not particularly enlightening.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
94
97th
Almost unbearably bleak at times, we sense that these characters have been in similar situations many times before and will be again in the future, never digging themselves out of their holes. Thewlis is, of course, the highlight, never once stepping out of place, although every performance is fantastic. I found all of Johnny's rants interesting, as much of a despicable bastard as he is.
Rated 13 Aug 2008
4
74th
Naked is full of characters that range from despicable to pitiful (with the exception of Louise), and it's quite compelling. Johnny, though he's a rapist and thief, is very charismatic, and his musings on life are entertaining and often insightful. The subject matter is pretty disturbing, but it's not difficult to watch because of the strong comedic element, which is very sarcastic and pessimistic.
Rated 28 Aug 2015
70
70th
Like a train wreck, you can't look away. Johnny is complicated, intelligent, dangerous, sarcastic & absolutely lost. He has a knack for pushing boundaries & pressing people's buttons. He has uncanny success with needy women. Almost every question was answered with another question. A few tedious preachy end of the world religious rants. The message is muddy. The action is raw and sometimes brutal but riveting. Mostly excellent performances.
Rated 03 Mar 2012
46
41st
About as insufferable as a Holden Caulfield livejournal.
Rated 18 Feb 2012
30
8th
I hated almost every second of this. I didn't find it especially clever or poignant. Instead I thought it was unbearably misanthropic and inconsistent. There are some interesting moments in the middle where Johnny is wandering around talking to lonely people, but after that it goes right back to being an awful train wreck. While this might among the most unpleasant films that I've ever seen, I don't regret at least giving it a chance. I just couldn't stand it.
Rated 12 Jan 2008
70
72nd
English drama... well, it's got to be gritty, doesn't it?
Rated 28 Dec 2008
94
96th
David Thewlis gives one of the best acting jobs I've ever seen in this bleak, brutally honest masterpiece which stands as one of Mike Leigh's greatest films.
Rated 07 Apr 2008
80
98th
It's beautiful.
Rated 17 Jun 2013
95
94th
Miserable, harrowing, vile, loathsome, pathetic, and hilarious. The sequence with the security guard is one of the best pieces of cinema I've ever seen. The only real flaw is Jeremy, who I think is a little too repugnant to really "work" with the rest of the film.
Rated 16 May 2014
80
80th
Naked is terribly funny, an archetypal black comedy if I've ever seen one - though I recommend non-native speakers turn on subtitles to catch all of Johnny's fast, witty dialogue. The thing that prevents me from loving this movie more is my lack of a connection to any of the story, characters, or themes. I wonder what the point of it all is, but I suppose that reaction is only natural from a movie that exhumes more nihilism than anything else.
Rated 27 May 2013
95
99th
We're just a crap idea!
Rated 16 Oct 2008
75
65th
I've always loved David Thewlis, and this definitely doesn't change that. Johnny is an infinitely lovable and infinitely hateable character, whose insightful rantings are both thought provoking and alarming. Nearly every character is brilliant. Pretty great, this.
Rated 01 Mar 2011
5
91st
If ever a rapist and thief could be considered charming, it's Johnny. Though he's riddled with character flaws - beyond his obvious moral transgressions, he displays a general dislike for humanity - it's wildly entertaining listening to his rambling philosophical notions, and Thewlis turns him into a sort of everyman folk hero. The stream-of-consciousness nature of the film is surprisingly effective and held my interest throughout. A really intimate and engaging film.
Rated 08 Jul 2014
83
95th
Johnny is an existential tornado obliterating everything in his path, and Thewlis' performance is truly astonishing. Leigh's career has had its fair share of ups and downs but he was firing on all cylinders here, offering complex, well written, multi-layered characters that eschew conventional morality and dimestore psychology. The search for meaning in a fundamentally indifferent universe is met with no easy answers. Leigh simply shines a flashlight onto our dark and chaotic world.
Rated 11 May 2018
80
67th
I'm not in love with it but Thewlis definitely put in good work and helped make an unlikable character almost likable, but ultimately I still felt he deserved any shit he got. He was intelligent though and interesting, which is all I needed, and that's because the dialogue in this is snappy and clever. The last bit in the house and the Jeremy character in general are low-points, but I liked it, it's deserving of most of the praise it gets.
Rated 09 Jun 2021
40
13th
Entel bir İngiliz'in iki saat boyunca ülke turunu ve bomboş kafa ütülemesini çekmek istiyorsanız izleyin.
Rated 18 Mar 2009
88
90th
The dialogue dripping with sarcasm and extreme dark comedy make this a very intriguing and sometimes disturbing film. Thewlis is both likable and despicable and epitomizes the film's wildly varying tone. On the whole it works except maybe for Cruttwell's character, but even he does a lot with the thin character.
Rated 18 Mar 2012
78
66th
Really, this is 125 minutes of David Thewlis talking...and talking. That isn't bad, he plays the psychopath well.
Rated 21 May 2012
85
93rd
Best main character ever (and I saw the Muppets Movie).
Rated 03 Aug 2011
92
99th
Well, basically, there was this little dot, right? And the dot went bang and the bang expanded. Energy formed into matter, matter cooled, matter lived, the amoeba to fish, to fish to fowl, to fowl to frog, to frog to mammal, the mammal to monkey, to monkey to man, amo amas amat, quid pro quo, memento mori, ad infinitum, sprinkle on a little bit of grated cheese and leave under the grill till Doomsday.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
4
93rd
An immensely interesting character study and a great performance by Thewlis. It's painful to watch this existential anguish, this descent into misanthropy and refusal of full acceptance of nihilism. Don't mistake Johnny for a bastard, he simply can't find anything worth loving.
Rated 27 Oct 2011
8
82nd
The movie is difficult to praise because all of the characters are repulsive human beings (minus the security guard) yet it is so depraved and sadistic that it becomes fascinating to watch. Thewlis gives a really convincing and great performance as Johnny - an unemployed, educated non-conformist with a dark side. The dialogue is engaging and interesting throughout and I actually liked Jeremy, he was so over the top that it worked. The only scenes I didn't like were with the 3rd roommate, Sandra.
Rated 20 Jan 2012
1
6th
I must admit, I've always had trouble with Leigh's films and this one finally seals it. I'm not sure if any other director has been as heralded as "realistic" while being so opposed to subtlety. I think the problem lies in the improvisational nature of his films which sees his actors so intent on aggressively creating and establishing a character (and little else) that after 2+ hours I feel beat over the head with the obviousness of it all.
Rated 10 Jan 2014
8
97th
crawling into the unforgivably bleak and grimy world of misfits, following someone who has suffered a complete existential crisis. that performance by thewlis is one of the most brilliant ever. i had a bit of a double take when he howled like a wolf, lol. with its wandering and its philosophical tones, this is the sort of movie jim jarmusch would make if he was assaulted by a gang of rabid monkeys.
Rated 02 Feb 2011
94
91st
Naked is hard to discribe. If you find "access" to this unpleasant sometimes painful movie you will be fascinated. I did it. A story about humanity and the selfishness we act as a part in our brutal and stupid society!On the outside we are all like strangers. The exaggerated character drawing creates the right atmosphere. Mike Leigh's best movie!
Rated 12 Oct 2009
85
71st
Fearless, especially Thewlis' performance, and impervious to easy classification.
Rated 25 Aug 2012
96
98th
Naked is an amazing film for a few reasons. The sociopath and Johnny represents some kind of duality of man, which is a little tired. But it's the intellectual and physical journey of Johnny that is very compelling because we all have pieces of Johnny in us and many of us aren't very different from Johnny at all.
Rated 30 May 2013
95
96th
David Thewlis performed beautifully, and truly captures the narcissistic, and anti-social mentality of Johnny. I truly loved the counter-part of Jeremy, a psychopath with his intentions of women clear and concise, while alternatively I enjoyed the ambiguity of Johnny's mental standpoints on women, as well as his own lost interpretation of himself. Beautifully written, and the cinematography fit each and every scene incredibly well. All over, one of my favorite movies to date.
Rated 28 Oct 2014
85
88th
I whip my haaaaaaaaaaaair back and forth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! }X8
Rated 14 Mar 2008
85
79th
David Thewles gives one of the best performances I think I've ever seen. The movie has a very realistic, stream of conscience feel that makes the viewer feel almost like a voyeur into the lives of these people. The scene with the security guard was especially life-like. The last shot of the movie has stayed with me permanently.
Rated 07 Feb 2015
74
93rd
See, Brian, God doesn't love ye. God despises ye. So there's no hope.
Rated 04 Aug 2012
65
23rd
Very difficult for me to make a decision on this movie. Too many conflicting pros and cons.
Rated 13 May 2009
100
99th
a fantastic film
Rated 13 May 2013
92
92nd
Deeply unpleasant yet impossible to look away from. Mike Leigh takes what could be an incredibly dark and bleak tale (and it is that) and adds a great sense of humour to it. One scene we could be enthralled with David Thewlis' character Johnny, who is smart and funny, but at the same time a deeply horrible bully who routinely does horrific things. But we still empathise with him - some of the time. Greg Cruttwell plays the logical extreme of Johnny - and his presence is most disturbing. Belter.
Rated 27 Apr 2008
90
91st
Exhausting. Stunning. Painful.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
65
13th
As dry and gray as London on a summer day. I'm fine with depressing movies, but there seems to be a whole subgenre in British film so gray and nihilistic that it's really as dull as dirt. And this flick like so many others in this subgenre are filled with tragic characters that I couldn't give a shit about as they ask for a spot of tea and prattle on about forgetabble bullshit. Completely unwatchable.
Rated 23 Jul 2012
80
90th
Most of the characters are either horrible people or just plain disgusting. David Thewlis' character is one of these, but his extraordinary performance makes him quite likable. He's a very interesting character actually. He's clearly very intelligent, spouting limitless philosophical and existential musings. However, instead of putting his intelligence to good use, he's essentially a nihilist. Anyway, it's an intriguing and occasionally brutal film, and I thought it was very good.
Rated 05 Dec 2008
96
97th
Shows the reality of what those who seek the truth and authenticity are forced to endure.
Rated 14 Jan 2009
96
75th
Quintessential 90s Angst movie! Thewlis is on fire! Smart, dark, funny and bleak.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
95
96th
The first hour and a half are probably the best movie ever made by a white dude. The return and slaying the suitors was absolute tits up garbage. Quality ending. Guess that would have all fit under "uneven."
Rated 05 Aug 2009
87
91st
Thewlis's performance is incredible. All character's are interesting and well defined and performed, except perhaps Jeremy, whose role is ill define and whose character is much simpler than the others.
Rated 24 Oct 2007
95
92nd
David Thewlis is brilliant, and so is Mike Leigh. To the friend who asked "so what was the point of this movie", go see something with Robin Williams in it and leave me alone.
Rated 13 Oct 2013
85
92nd
"DĂĽnya dolusu insan nereye gideceğini bilmeden şuursuzca koşarken..." gibi onlarca film için sarfedilmiş klişe cĂĽmlelerin perdeye en iyi yansıdığı filmlerden biri belki de. Karanlık, melakolik, iç burkucu ve bir yandan da komik. Ama komiğin en siyah tonu.
Rated 03 Aug 2017
88
92nd
Rarely has a movie about characters this despicable been so compelling. It's almost hard to tell why Thewlis is so magnetic and compelling but it all comes down to one of the great cinema performances (and Katrin Cartlidge damn near matches him) combined with some excellent dialogue that manages to bring the darkest kind of humor into this dreary tale.
Rated 25 Mar 2011
90
96th
Mike Leigh is excellent at choosing and directing actors - Thewlis and Cartlidge in particular. Terryfic film!!!
Rated 05 Sep 2020
79
82nd
"Naked is far and away Leigh's bleakest and most brutal film—a character study of a sociopath who wounds people emotionally rather than killing them, yet implicitly reserves his harshest attacks for himself. This is what happens, it says, when the human soul is stripped of its protective layer of civility and compassion."
Rated 22 Aug 2021
80
62nd
An unusually angry, aggressive effort from Leigh; mercilessly cruel to his characters and indulging in a degree of violence (sexual and otherwise) out of character from his usually more compassionate efforts. The grim score has overtones of Bergman to it, and Thewlis' philosophical musings seem to point in a Bergmanesque direction. As always, beautifully performed (Thewlis is outstanding), but a tough watch due to Leigh's uncompromising approach. Fascinating as an outlier in his filmography.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
69
50th
# 617
Rated 05 May 2013
75
84th
It looks like a lot of people didn't care for the Jeremy character, but I thought the implicit compare/contrast between the Jeremy & Johnny brands of sociopathy was a pretty interesting & important part of the movie.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
65
58th
A jolly old story about an intellectual rapist folk-hero.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
82
95th
Painful to watch but if you can stomach it, you will be well rewarded with a top notch script, a stunning performance from Thewlis and a pretty good supporting cast. The only real issues I had with it is the score.
Rated 07 Nov 2012
95
95th
One of the greatest films of the 1990s, and I only managed to wait 19 years to see it!
Rated 27 May 2013
60
6th
I like Mike Leigh films, but hated almost every character in this.
Rated 26 Jul 2012
7
29th
The acting is fantastic all around in this one, it was interesting to see David Thewlis in a non-Potter role. Bumped down a point for some of the most passive, interchangeable female characters I've ever seen, however.
Rated 10 Feb 2012
87
81st
A disturbing film about a disturbed, violent man and those who live around him. Which is worse, the clearly violent man or the man who hides his violence?
Rated 06 May 2010
30
2nd
I'm pretty sure I saw this when I was like 15 and half-asleep, with my younger brother and his friend sleeping over. Anyway, all I remember is some rape, a pregnant chick? And the dude being all shifty and dodgy as hell. Probably could have been funny or good, but all that is too much to take at 2am.
Rated 23 Feb 2014
85
70th
great film, not very enjoyable though..
Rated 30 Jul 2012
98
98th
Certainly Mike Leigh's darkest film, Naked is one of the starkest, most emotionally, viscerally affecting films I've seen. Phenomenally drawn characters; it's terrifying how much Leigh makes us care about this man.
Rated 01 Dec 2011
65
30th
#709
Rated 08 Jan 2017
78
64th
There is a good chance that I might have put this in my all-time top 20 films list only if I was like 10 years younger and True Detective among others hadn't just prostituted the shit out of nihilism to general public.
Rated 03 May 2017
60
52nd
Interesting movie with a lot of talking, very harsh sometimes and bit dry, but the acting is very good and it gives you the feeling of being on the edge of society.
Rated 19 Dec 2008
67
34th
658
Rated 21 Feb 2011
72
65th
The dialogue in this movie is really fantastic. Johnny is so extremely awesome, yet I felt a little sorry for him. Good character development, not always good acting
Rated 17 Aug 2012
95
93rd
David Thewlis gives an astonishing performance, somehow earning the audience's sympathy (in the same way his character does) despite being an unabashedly irredeemable human being.
Rated 17 Aug 2010
86
76th
Very engaging dark British comedy exploring nihilism; and much to the chagrin of the common viewer, there IS a point here which Johnny finally gets while clutching the porcelain god: THIS *IS* ALL A JOKE, but not a very good one.
Rated 11 Jun 2012
8
82nd
know what i mean?
Rated 02 Sep 2015
89
55th
Disgusting and intelligent violent offender, wandering aimless- and purposefully throughout the city, bantering and ranting about everything. Mostly dialogue, this is a thick film that makes you think hard--even though the antihero is despicable.
Rated 05 Oct 2011
93
80th
Odyssey full of unfulfilled lives.
Rated 22 Apr 2013
84
48th
I got this movie recommended by a forum, and it certantly was worth watching. The character of Johnny is both totally hilarious and interesting at the same time. A bunch of legendary quotes. I really enjoyed the movie. Not giving it a 9/10, but definitly deserves a 8/10.
Rated 24 Sep 2010
91
93rd
Thewlis is insanely brilliant in this immensely quotable film that's one of the most fun times I've had being depressed.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
95
96th
Mesmerising.
Rated 05 Oct 2013
86
87th
85.500
Rated 27 Jan 2008
80
86th
A mustsee for Thewlis' astonishingly perfect performance which is, I think, the best I've ever seen. His character is so fascinating. Anything involving the character of Jeremy, on the other hand, injure an otherwise great film.
Rated 21 Feb 2007
70
82nd
Pretty good.
Rated 18 Apr 2011
91
97th
In Finland we used to have a bohemian actor Matti Pellonpää. You might know him from Kaurismäki films. He could go through a part like this with the same charm David Thewlis did. Anyway. Naked is prob. the best film by Mike Leigh. It's witty, intellectual, sexy, edgy, warm even with the dark side of life, well scored, perfectly acted and nicely built characters. A well written story indeed.
Rated 11 Nov 2012
100
97th
Really outstanding performances by the whole cast, but especially Thewlis.
Rated 17 Oct 2009
25
4th
Great lead actor, but this is very unpleasant to watch.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
100
99th
(2) 13 Ocak 08 & nihilizim'i inceleyen, dahiyane bir film! senaryo, diyolog ve mukemmel-minimalist Thewlis'in oyunculugu unutulmaz.muzik az ama hos.mike leigh cok cok iyi is cikarmis ve bence yaptigi en iyi film. insan Thewlis gibi olmak istiyor, ortalikta nihilist bir takmamazlikla dolanmak istiyor.eksi sozluk, "naked" basligi (yazar:ny doll) aslinda bir cok seyi ozetlemis. 5.paragraftaki tespit cok dogru! 590.filmim
Rated 15 Jan 2010
66
32nd
674
Rated 10 Jan 2014
90
85th
Not nearly enough naked people.
Rated 11 Mar 2014
80
85th
Johnny is the most cinematic of Leigh characters -but that doesn't strip him of his realness. Although I agree the segments involving the Jeremy character were kinda superfluous, when the film centers on Johnny (and Thewlis' riveting performance) the result is an intensely emotional, sharply philosophical and ultimately, very bleak work. One of Leigh's finest, funniest and most intriguing in fact.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
90
97th
This might be my most favorite Mike Leigh film. It contains some of the most thought provoking dialogue I've ever encountered in a film. At times it seems a little bit sick and twisted, but this viciousness oddly enough only aids the film in its stunningly realistic portrayal of the human existence. Sex is used in such an ingenious way, as a vehicle to showcase our barbarity and hopeless vulnerability. The bleak themes dealing with the inevitability of death, loneliness, and nothingness
Rated 02 Jan 2013
100
99th
mike leigh'in tartışmsız en iyisi. böylesine çıplak bir insan hali, bu derece gösterişsiz bir filmde, cümlelerine zarar vermeden ancak böyle gösterilebilirdi.
Rated 27 Sep 2015
95
98th
Wandering with Johnny was one of the most rewarding things I've done in a while.
Rated 23 Oct 2010
73
25th
Brilliant Dialogues ! But with the lack of suspense and specially reasonable motivations. too slow!
Rated 29 May 2018
75
55th
Sarcastically surreal
Rated 21 Jul 2018
91
97th
H O L Y S H I T.
Rated 25 Jun 2018
88
83rd
Humans are cynical - no wait, humans are hopeful - who's Jeremy?
Rated 29 Jan 2019
85
44th
Boş vermişliğin ve çürümenin felsefesini yaşamının merkezine koymuş keskin entelektüel yetiye sahip bir ana karakterin, dış dünya ile etkileşimini gözlemlediğimiz diyaloglar ve ilginç anlarla dolu bir film.Filmde farklı sosyal sınıfta kişilikte olan karakterlerin ana karakterle girdiği etkileşimin farklılığı izleyiciye normal hayatda görülmesi zor deneyimleri göstermektedir. İlginç bir film yorum yaptığım her film gibi bunu da öneririm - 10 üzerinden 8.5.
Rated 07 Sep 2018
70
56th
The main character's ramblings are mostly nonsensical, and yet they're contextualized by an atmosphere so relentlessly pessimistic that eventually you're desperately hanging onto every word, searching for any method to the madness.

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