Nude Tuesday Review: Things Get Funny & Weird In Entertaining Comedy [Tribeca]
There is a lot to like about Nude Tuesday. It’s genuinely funny, weird, and occasionally insightful. But perhaps the most interesting thing about the film — directed by Armağan Ballantyne from a screenplay by Jackie van Beek, who also stars — is that it’s entirely in gibberish. Nude Tuesday is incredibly entertaining and, though the central premise starts to wane after a while, the story picks back up as it nears its end.
Set on the fictional island of Zǿbftąņ, Nude Tuesday follows Laura (van Beek) and her husband Bruno (Damon Herriman), a hapless couple whose marriage has been stale for a long time. From the start it’s obvious there is a distance between them; Laura avoids (and is frustrated with) Bruno, while he tries too hard to keep the spark alive somehow with all the false cheer of someone being forced to look happy. Simply put, they’re miserable, their marriage functioning only because it’s more or less on autopilot. For their anniversary dinner, Bruno’s mother gifts them with a paid trip to a new-age couples retreat, led by the always horny Bjorg (Jemaine Clement). In a bid to salvage their marriage, Laura and Bruno drive up to the retreat which, despite their initial hesitance, allows them to finally face some of their issues.
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Nude Tuesday is unlike most couples retreat movies, or any traditional rom-coms for that matter. There are no lovey dovey situations or moments that feel disingenuous to Laura and Bruno's established (and prickly) relationship. What's more, the finale doesn't bring them back together despite conversations and realizations on both fronts, subverting expectations of a quick fix retreat that is typically
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