Plain and simple. This movie is borderline garbage. As an actual nudist viewer, the music doesn't fit the story, if it even has one. Further more, the editing is HORRENDOUS! At times the things you see will be shifting back and forth between colors a drugged hippie would love to the worst audio balancing act I've ever heard in a film. The music was louder than the dialogue. It doesn't know if it wants to be an art-house film or a documentary. At one point, it's visceral poetry, then the next it's a hollow connection between the filmmaker and uninteresting naked women. Rule of thumb, if T.L Young is attached, DON'T WATCH IT! If you want a great nudist film, Educating Julie is a better choice and has fewer questionable editing choices than this eye sore!
13 Reviews
A horrible movie
jackbauerlactu7 December 2020
Let's face it: you're watching this movie for the nudity. Of which there are gratuitous amounts.
But the "movie" surrounding it is so bizarre and horrible that it's just painful to watch. It's just not enjoyable.
Expectations are low for acting and story in a film like this, but this..fails to meet even those low expectations by a long shot.
Don't waste your time.
But the "movie" surrounding it is so bizarre and horrible that it's just painful to watch. It's just not enjoyable.
Expectations are low for acting and story in a film like this, but this..fails to meet even those low expectations by a long shot.
Don't waste your time.
a train wreck wreck
eusair-114 February 2013
worse than the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915 wherein a train crashed into the wreckage of 2 other trains that had just collided, thereby starting a fire which set a 4th and 5th train ablaze.
Tony Young may as well have thrown his career into the lava pools of Mordor. his inability to produce or direct is surpassed only by his laughably inept and ineffectual attempts at acting. if not for the name of the film, only his close friends would have seen it, just like the rest of his calamities.
an insult to naturist communities everywhere.
hard-earned dishwashing money during the week wasted in an utterly dismal attempt at film making on the weekends.
the only bright spot is, ironically, a short, dark segment with Wendy McColm. sadly, even she could not hope to bloom in the wake of this travesty.
Tony Young may as well have thrown his career into the lava pools of Mordor. his inability to produce or direct is surpassed only by his laughably inept and ineffectual attempts at acting. if not for the name of the film, only his close friends would have seen it, just like the rest of his calamities.
an insult to naturist communities everywhere.
hard-earned dishwashing money during the week wasted in an utterly dismal attempt at film making on the weekends.
the only bright spot is, ironically, a short, dark segment with Wendy McColm. sadly, even she could not hope to bloom in the wake of this travesty.
Absolute Rubbish.
blinx-3219613 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I watched this. That's about the most positive thing I can say about this. I want the last two hours of my life back. And no, it's not two hours, but I think it owes me extra time for putting me through this horrendous excuse for a film. I barely have the words to describe this fustercluck, the screenplay is bad, the acting is worse, *spoiler* you can quite clearly see him clapping his hands when he slaps that woman in the face and the timing is terrible when he's getting repeatedly slapped alternatively on both sides of his face. The cutting is terrible and moves from one thing to the next with no sense of continuity at all. Perhaps this is trying to document his decent into madness as suggested by another reviewer, but it is terribly done, watch Black swan, Birdman or Franklyn for suggestions of how to show someone slowly going crazy.
This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. 0/10.
This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. 0/10.
Incredibly bad
grantss25 March 2021
No matter how low you set your expectations for this film, the actual product will be worse.
What should have been mindless B-grade titillation didn't even live up to that. Instead you have some sort of faux documentary about a glamour model that somehow manages to be monumentally nonsensical and boring.
Then there's a parallel story involving a mob boss which is random and pointless.
To crown it all, it's pretty tame. They couldn't even get the trashy stuff right. A massive waste of time.
What should have been mindless B-grade titillation didn't even live up to that. Instead you have some sort of faux documentary about a glamour model that somehow manages to be monumentally nonsensical and boring.
Then there's a parallel story involving a mob boss which is random and pointless.
To crown it all, it's pretty tame. They couldn't even get the trashy stuff right. A massive waste of time.
There is no nudity whatsoever!!!!
schuwomann10 April 2021
What kind of fu***** movie is this?
reesu_daddy1 May 2012
It was just a waste of my time and bandwidth. I live in a country where internet line is slow, content bandwidth is limited. I downloaded a 700 MB size version of this film which took me 4 hours, and to finish the film it just took me roughly 15 minutes, because after 10 minutes I had no other choice except to fast forward it to the end. By the name of the movie, I got interested in watching, thought it would be something like American Pie. But it was a absolute disaster. Just telling awful would be less. There is nothing to tell about this movie. It cost me almost 5 hours (thanks god I didn't watch the whole movie) and 800 MB content bandwidth which I will never get back.
If you like to see bullshit, you can watch this. This review system won't let me vote under 1, so still this title is getting some marks.
If you like to see bullshit, you can watch this. This review system won't let me vote under 1, so still this title is getting some marks.
This was so bad I think it gave me cancer
db-407347 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This is a tax scam.
It's the only logical explanation for how bad this film is. No one could be so talent-less unintentionally. This is a film that needed to lose an investor's money.
Highlights include a dumpy, dolled up, potato talking about how she was too hot for playboy so they settled for Holly Madison, but in the end she knew through her 'business degree' to ask to speak to the manager, and basically harassed her way into the back realms of the online only version by claiming they were discriminating against her for not having enough Jewish girls in porn. (This isn't in the script, this person is real, and did this).
No, you're right, that has f**k all to do with the title. But neither does anything else in this film - except the 'character' (?) who keeps asking people if they've heard of nudist camps like he's asking them for crack, and when one says they have he reacts like they shouldn't have, like the resorts* are an Illuminati level secret.
* He objects to 'colony' and berates one his female hostages for using the term. Only lepers and ants have colonies. Not nudists, they're people. Unlike lepers.
It's the only logical explanation for how bad this film is. No one could be so talent-less unintentionally. This is a film that needed to lose an investor's money.
Highlights include a dumpy, dolled up, potato talking about how she was too hot for playboy so they settled for Holly Madison, but in the end she knew through her 'business degree' to ask to speak to the manager, and basically harassed her way into the back realms of the online only version by claiming they were discriminating against her for not having enough Jewish girls in porn. (This isn't in the script, this person is real, and did this).
No, you're right, that has f**k all to do with the title. But neither does anything else in this film - except the 'character' (?) who keeps asking people if they've heard of nudist camps like he's asking them for crack, and when one says they have he reacts like they shouldn't have, like the resorts* are an Illuminati level secret.
* He objects to 'colony' and berates one his female hostages for using the term. Only lepers and ants have colonies. Not nudists, they're people. Unlike lepers.
Excuses for showing tits
ReyLagarto30 April 2012
It's silly how nowadays some people look for excuses to show boobs (for me Game Of Thrones is one example). This "movie" is irritating in that sense. Also it's a bit offensive. Let me expand on that. On one hand, all the nudity he filmed (not the "documental" part of the thing) was exclusively women showing their boobs. Do you really need to make an excuse for that? You could easily have made a porno, and you could have banged your cast mates. That was all you wanted. Men can also be nudist, duh. On the other hand, it pisses me off the way the naked body of a woman must always be used as a way to sell things (PETA's adds are always with naked women, men are always dressed). Halfway through the film I had to stop, so, I just endured about 50 minutes. That's to say a lot IMHO.
A delightful introspective romp
deanlkaufman1 November 2011
American Nudist is not what you will expect when you hear the term "nudist film." T. L. Young plays Taylor, a former nudist who claims he used to run a nudist club in his home town in Hawaii.
Influenced by the films such as "All That Jazz," and Bob Fosse's Joe Gideon, Taylor's women are a major influence in his life, from his college sweetheart Aymi (played by Simmin Yu,) who had been his first muse, to his former flame Angela (Alicia Arden) who runs a nude bed and breakfast (wow!), to his current lover Jennifer, (Magda Marcella) the film chronicles his inner struggle as a nude photographer no longer in touch with the nudist world except through his commercial work and newscasts of naked happenings he can't be a part of.
Taylor is always wearing a suit, even when he jumps into a swimming pool in a nudist resort. Fortunately, Angela has no qualms being naked, and is very clothes-free throughout most of the film.
His models are gorgeous, familiar faces such as Nicole D'Angelo, Josie Goldberg and Tiffany Bowyer, yet he feels depressed, burned out and uninspired. And juggling his relationships with his work and a philosophy he feels alienated from, it's no wonder why.
Case in point, he even delivers a monologue about a beautiful moment in his life, related to his nudist journey, to his cat, very likely because he can't confide that fact to a human being.
The picture quality of this film is beautiful and the way it's edited immediately brought those aforementioned films to mind. Those expecting the standard nudist fare of the sixties, be warned. This is not your grandpa's nudie cutie but a very stylized, introspective chronicle of a artist's life and his work.
Nicely done.
Influenced by the films such as "All That Jazz," and Bob Fosse's Joe Gideon, Taylor's women are a major influence in his life, from his college sweetheart Aymi (played by Simmin Yu,) who had been his first muse, to his former flame Angela (Alicia Arden) who runs a nude bed and breakfast (wow!), to his current lover Jennifer, (Magda Marcella) the film chronicles his inner struggle as a nude photographer no longer in touch with the nudist world except through his commercial work and newscasts of naked happenings he can't be a part of.
Taylor is always wearing a suit, even when he jumps into a swimming pool in a nudist resort. Fortunately, Angela has no qualms being naked, and is very clothes-free throughout most of the film.
His models are gorgeous, familiar faces such as Nicole D'Angelo, Josie Goldberg and Tiffany Bowyer, yet he feels depressed, burned out and uninspired. And juggling his relationships with his work and a philosophy he feels alienated from, it's no wonder why.
Case in point, he even delivers a monologue about a beautiful moment in his life, related to his nudist journey, to his cat, very likely because he can't confide that fact to a human being.
The picture quality of this film is beautiful and the way it's edited immediately brought those aforementioned films to mind. Those expecting the standard nudist fare of the sixties, be warned. This is not your grandpa's nudie cutie but a very stylized, introspective chronicle of a artist's life and his work.
Nicely done.
Interesting Juxtaposion
sallyday202 December 2011
I got roped in by a nudist friend to watch this. Luckily, American Nudist is a definitely an art house film. I thought it was interesting they used nudism as the backdrop to tell their point (which, to me, was to be true to yourself). I guess Hollywood is running out of more "conventional" ideas lol! Anyway, once you get past the avant-garde, non-linear story line, it's actually quite an interesting look at someone slowly losing their sanity over their inability to combine what they feel is true and with what society tells them is true.
It's really an age-old story - the brilliant but troubled artist who tries to marry his vision with that old the world - and the resulting self-sabotaging behavior, neurosis, insecurities, and escapism that follows. Taylor Kong is a screenwriter who wants to write a groundbreaking film. However, he has a nudist past - something that is still a controversial topic in the United States. He wants to write a film that would bring American nudism to the forefront - to show it to mainstream American audiences as he knew it - an organic, intuitive, and innocent way of life. However, he gets caught up in Hollywood's over-sexualized and demonized version of nudism, and has to fight to maintain his vision and his sanity in a world that won't accept that being different does not mean being wrong. Which, I actually find very interesting, since you'd think that Hollywood (of all places!) would be all over a script on nudism! But I guess it's also a commentary on hypocrisy in society - I mean sex and being naked is pretty common in Hollywood, but when someone comes out and tries to be completely open about it, that's somehow not OK. This of course applies to other things that society at large can be hypocritical about. Luckily for Taylor, his one flicker of hope - his one connection between his world (that of nudism), and the outside conventional world - is Jennifer, and aspiring non-nudist actress who is open-minded enough to give Taylor and nudism a chance. Though they have their differences, they slowly see at the most fundamental level, we are all the same. This is ultimately a story of how trying to conform one's own true self to the demands of society is psychologically toxic and is the cause of mental instability.
It's really an age-old story - the brilliant but troubled artist who tries to marry his vision with that old the world - and the resulting self-sabotaging behavior, neurosis, insecurities, and escapism that follows. Taylor Kong is a screenwriter who wants to write a groundbreaking film. However, he has a nudist past - something that is still a controversial topic in the United States. He wants to write a film that would bring American nudism to the forefront - to show it to mainstream American audiences as he knew it - an organic, intuitive, and innocent way of life. However, he gets caught up in Hollywood's over-sexualized and demonized version of nudism, and has to fight to maintain his vision and his sanity in a world that won't accept that being different does not mean being wrong. Which, I actually find very interesting, since you'd think that Hollywood (of all places!) would be all over a script on nudism! But I guess it's also a commentary on hypocrisy in society - I mean sex and being naked is pretty common in Hollywood, but when someone comes out and tries to be completely open about it, that's somehow not OK. This of course applies to other things that society at large can be hypocritical about. Luckily for Taylor, his one flicker of hope - his one connection between his world (that of nudism), and the outside conventional world - is Jennifer, and aspiring non-nudist actress who is open-minded enough to give Taylor and nudism a chance. Though they have their differences, they slowly see at the most fundamental level, we are all the same. This is ultimately a story of how trying to conform one's own true self to the demands of society is psychologically toxic and is the cause of mental instability.
A Slog
sebastianVIII12 September 2020
To be transparent, I didn't make it all the way through this film. I tried, I really did, but I gave up -- something I very rarely do -- because it was such a hard slog. Aiming at times to be artsy, it just comes across as inept. I thought it would be an interesting view into the culture of nudism; I don't know what it's about, but it's definitely not about that. Awful.
Interesting movie
jwalworth5 March 2013
Warning: Spoilers
When I first watched this movie I was a bit confused about the plot but then when I re watched it I realized that the main character Taylor (T. L. Young) is slowly loosing his mind which is shown by his alter egos,by him fending off flying DVD cases, as well as other interesting odd things. An actress/model named Jennifer shows up for one of his casting calls for his movie and becomes interested in him and his movie. At certain points in this movie there are naked people being interviewed by other naked people which is interesting.
There are also a lot of pretty girls some of whom are naked in it which kept my interest for sure.
There were 2 scenes I found to be funny. One was when the main character Taylor jumps into a pool fully clothed and then the 2nd one was when he starts doing a funny dance.
My favorite character was Jennifer (Magda Marcella). She is very pretty. I loved the scene where she gets naked by a pool while a guy watched but you do not get to see anything.
There are also a lot of pretty girls some of whom are naked in it which kept my interest for sure.
There were 2 scenes I found to be funny. One was when the main character Taylor jumps into a pool fully clothed and then the 2nd one was when he starts doing a funny dance.
My favorite character was Jennifer (Magda Marcella). She is very pretty. I loved the scene where she gets naked by a pool while a guy watched but you do not get to see anything.
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