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Free the Nipple

  • 2013
  • Unrated
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
1.9K
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Free the Nipple (2013)
A group of fearless women fight for their right to go topless in public, as they smash societal taboos one bare breast at a time. Based on a true story, this spirited satire follows New York City activists Liv and With, who take their crusade for gender equality from the streets of the urban jungle to the courts. More than just a movie,Free the Nipple has launched an empowering real-life movement, inspiring women across the globe to take back their bodies.
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A group of women launch a movement to remove the censor of women's breasts all over America.A group of women launch a movement to remove the censor of women's breasts all over America.A group of women launch a movement to remove the censor of women's breasts all over America.

  • Director
    • Lina Esco
  • Writers
    • Lina Esco
    • Hunter Richards
    • Sarabeth Stroller
  • Stars
    • Lina Esco
    • Lola Kirke
    • Monique Coleman
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
    1.9K
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    • Director
      • Lina Esco
    • Writers
      • Lina Esco
      • Hunter Richards
      • Sarabeth Stroller
    • Stars
      • Lina Esco
      • Lola Kirke
      • Monique Coleman
    • 19User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
    • 33Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lina Esco
    Lina Esco
    • With
    Lola Kirke
    Lola Kirke
    • Liv
    Monique Coleman
    Monique Coleman
    • Roz
    Zach Grenier
    Zach Grenier
    • Jim Black
    Casey LaBow
    Casey LaBow
    • Cali
    Griffin Newman
    Griffin Newman
    • Orson
    Jen Ponton
    Jen Ponton
    • Charlie
    Sarabeth Stroller
    • Pippi
    Janeane Garofalo
    Janeane Garofalo
    • Anouk
    John Keating
    John Keating
    • Kilo
    Michael Panes
    Michael Panes
    • Lawyer
    Leah Kilpatrick
    Leah Kilpatrick
    • Elle
    Daniel Gerroll
    Daniel Gerroll
    • Boss
    Anastasia Ivanova
    • Giant #1
    Rebecca Fourteau
    • Giant #2
    Almeria Campbell
    • Reporter #1
    Negin Farsad
    Negin Farsad
    • Reporter #2
    David Webb
    David Webb
    • Paparazzi #1
    • (as David Wiens)
    • Director
      • Lina Esco
    • Writers
      • Lina Esco
      • Hunter Richards
      • Sarabeth Stroller
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    2joeponto

    Self indulgent garbage

    The people exclaiming this was somehow about more than just the right to have bare breasts in public - where exactly was that in the plot? You, like the movie, are romanticizing and over thinking very petty things.

    I think it's a great cause - women should definitely be allowed to walk around topless in any state of this nation. However, to say that they were somehow pushing for some grander agenda that went as far as being called a revolution? Come on. Their agenda didn't even register as a microscopic piece of dust on the radar of "revolution".

    There wasn't much of a plot to this story, other than "let's get super insanely cool looking shots, mostly in slow-mo, of us girls looking insanely cool and counter-culture like", to that end, they did that in spades, and is the only reason I gave this film one more star than 1.

    There is a tiny love story between the two protagonists, which never exactly reaches an arc, and is just forgotten about by the end of the film - there were too many shots of women looking empowered and cool in slow motion to be had, I guess.

    The whole film is just a self indulgent "look how cool/edgy I am" montage, with barely any kind of a story behind it. Three of the main characters you sort of connect with, and the rest are almost non-existent.

    The funniest part about the whole story, is that they never even achieved any of their goals, but the ending ends like they indeed created some sort of cultural revolution. No, you just wasted a bunch of money that was invested in you, by spray painting and stickering public property. No legislation was changed, no social movement started to gain momentum. If I had invested money in those girls, I would be pretty angry - just like whoever invested money in this worthless film.
    5tgbldkam

    Be Free and Prosper!

    The movie started out well with the opening sequence then the film dragged. There were a couple filler scenes I fast forward through.

    The movie should have been a documentary not a docudrama. A documentary would have been more in-depth and we would have gotten to know the activist behind the free the nipple movement. The activist are ten times more interesting then the characters in the film.

    It would have been nice to see the film focus on how woman are body shamed and at the same time sexualized.

    I give the film a C for effort.
    1krool1969

    Massive hypocrisy

    To be fair I turned this movie off almost at once. If you want to make a film about women's rights to be legally equal to men, and you title your film after a political movement to show breasts are not offensive, sexual or shameful you don't blur out the women's breasts. By doing so you are sending the exact opposite message. By blurring out the breasts this film is saying that they should stay covered because it might offend someone.

    This film is a waste of time and money. It works in direct opposition to women's rights.

    If you want to make a film like this you must have the courage to actually free the nipple. Otherwise, don't bother.
    3eminkl

    This is not a film to my utter disappointment, but rather a dramatization of the start of the revolution.

    I was very excited to see that this movie was a documentary. How could I not be impressed with the social media around the likes of Rumer Willis ' campaign to go topless in New York City, Miley Cyrus ' sponsorship of the film through her partnership with Esco, and the endorsements of numerous other pro-feminist celebrities? This is not a film to my utter disappointment, but rather a dramatization of the start of the revolution. Hey, I felt exactly the way you've got to feel right now.The cause she supports in Esco's defense is worth the buzz surrounding this film. Females should be as free to go topless as men, without penalty, whose bare nipples can be displayed in all 50 states. Instagram and Facebook have completely unfair censorship policies against the naked female nipple, although similar women's sexual images and men's identical ones are all right. Unfortunately, in this disjointed, ridiculous little indie film, all this was not well expressed.Although the movement Free the Nipple is only two years old, the movie presents this story as an epic saga, a story about a group of women battling the patriarchy and eventually taking unfair laws and digital policies down. Nonetheless, their battle is still going on, and in this state, although they have brought awareness to the issue, it hasn't changed much. A young drama will make a TV movie better than the indie market. The characters are bland, there is real breast censorship in several scenes, and then none in other scenes, there is a lot of filler, and the ending is anticlimactic, because with characters like these, whose ending should take care to begin with.I emphasize that even if this movie had a bigger budget, better characters, and a less haphazard way to relay information, this movie would not work yet. It's not a movie, and it's a waste of everyone's time for that simple reason. These films fuel people who oppose or devalue the struggle for equality. Not to say this movie is disappointing, it's just needless and misses the point. Hopefully there will be a serious documentary film from the seedling of this one.
    5krisridge1985

    It's unbelievable...

    Anyone would think in certain parts of the world women aren't being, sold as sex slaves, beaten, raped, stoned, allowed any freedoms. DAILY. If women seriously cared about equal rights you would think they would put energy into preventing these things rather than exercising their right to bare nipples. It's sad to see women plights in modern countries incomparable to other countries where culture and religion are ruling negating human rights.

    Oh well women keep up the good fight.

    I guess your equal rights voice is watered down to nudity, when the real volume could be found elsewhere.

    I wonder if a woman who has had acid thrown on her would trade places with any of these oppressed and tortured women in the film?

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gaseum Nochureul Heohara!
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bethsabée Mucho
      • Disruptive Films
      • Emotion Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $937,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,198
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $606
      • Dec 14, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,198
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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