As reviews go, they don't get any better than this for Nude Tuesday's Kiwi director Amagan Ballantyne.
Let’s leave the last word to Michael Sun: “When, at last, the din quiets, and we see the anatomy in all its bare-faced glory, we might just feel tempted to join this clan of naturists and throw all caution and clothing to the wind. Here, they come under the influence of an acclaimed guru Bjorn Rasmussen (Jemaine Clement), and, predictably, there is drug-taking, nudity and orgies. The Guardian review will do Ballantyne’s film no harm, however.
Nude Tuesday tells the story of a married couple who go to a new age relationship retreat, run by sex guru Bjorg, in a mad attempt to save their marriage. The ...
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On paper, Nude Tuesday seems like fairly standard comedic fare. A 40-something couple, Bruno (Damon Herriman) and Laura (Jackie van Beek) have reached a ...
I would certainly be intrigued to see other writers’ versions of this film, or even a release without subtitles at all, allowing the audience to ‘choose their own adventure,’ so to speak. ” His turn as the sensual and ‘enlightened’ Bjorg exemplifies this, though all the actors are to be commended on making this unique film function as well as it does. However, look a little further in the description and then you’ll see that Nude Tuesday is a film all in subtitles, still not that strange, but with the root language being… They rehearsed the film in English and then filmed in their gibberish language. This version of the film does have plenty of respectable laughs courtesy of Davis’ humourous subtitles. What they speak somewhat has the cadence of a Scandinavian language, but there are times when bits of English, German or French seem to pop through.