Naked
Directed by Mike Leigh
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very much like his own.
- cultfilmlikerMay 19, 2025Agonizing. Disturbing. Very cerebral and challenging. TW: lots of stuff dealing with sexual assault Thewlis is awfully animalistic. Moony out here committing sexual violence like wild and even stumbles on a damn Death Eater!! A very annoying, quick-witted, cynical, damaged man… Fun to watch!! “Resolve is never stronger than in the morning after the night it was never weaker” is just waxing poetic about post-nut clarity Still….some of the greatest dialogue in film Ewen Bremner was hilarious as always The score is incredible. Helps set the tone seamlessly. Poor Sophie A rare film that gets a very favorable rating but I am not comfortable with ‘liking’ lol
- Kevin WardApril 13, 2026Didn’t really know what this was about going in, but it had been on my Criterion watchlist for a while. Though I liked the performances, particularly David Thewlis and much of the dialogue performed, his character is quite vile, and there’s a rank misogyny that permeates the whole film. I’ve only seen one other Mike Leigh film, Hard Truths. In that, Maryann Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy is another thorny lead character, abrasive and mean, but you at least get the sense that there’s something fragile and broken hidden on the inside. I didn’t get much of any redemptive or sympathetic qualities of Thewlis’ Johnny. Probably asking a lot of a film that opens with the protagonist r*ping a woman in an alley.
Naked Trivia
Naked was released on August 6, 1993.
Naked was directed by Mike Leigh.
Naked has a runtime of 2h 11m.
Naked was produced by Simon Channing Williams.
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very much like his own.
The key characters in Naked are Johnny (David Thewlis), Louise (Lesley Sharp), Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge).
Naked is rated Not Rated.
Naked is a Drama, Comedy film.
Naked has an audience rating of 9.1 out of 10.
Naked has made $1.8M at the box office.