Naked

“I love Mike Leigh, and this is one of his best. A brutal character study, it's a journey into the psyche of a man at war with himself and the world. Bleak, hilarious, and uncompromising.”

Greg Mottola

Director, Writer

“As for Naked, David Thewlis's performance is my favorite male performance ever. There's nothing like it. It's a bleak film, but it's so filled with life and passion and it's so funny.”

Ari Aster

Director, Writer

“Although Mike Leigh's family dramas, such as High Hopes and Secrets & Lies, have had a more apparent influence on my work, Naked is my favourite film of Leigh's. It's in my top ten favourite films ever made. It's an exhausting odyssey that never gets the characters (or the viewer) home again.”

Sean Baker

Director, Writer

“My favorite Mike Lee film one of my favorite films of all time naked with one of the Great Performances of all time by David Thewlis.”

Andrew Garfield

Actor

“There's a speech about the universe and God and it's mindblowing, and I think they did something like 57 takes.”

Callum Turner

Actor

“It's a Mike Leigh film with my lovely actress Katrin Cartlidge, who died unfortunately very young, but she was fantastic in that film.”

Stellan Skarsgård

Actor

“Extraordinary Mike Leigh film.”

Carrie Coon

Actor

“That was also an experience that was very new for me — to see that kind of acting, that kind of going really to the edge.”

Barbara Sukowa

Actor

“One of my favorite films. It's a crazy, beautiful, physical film.”

Hlynur Pálmason

Director

“How incredible is this movie... you want to kill the guy but you love him. You know what I mean? It's nuts.”

Colin Quinn

Comedian, Actor, Writer