Naken

We all know the classic comedy Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray plays a man who has to re-live the same day over and over again. Since then, that same concept has been used and are still being used in movies. Though, this is the only Swedish movie I know of where they use the concept of letting the main character re-live the same day again and again without knowing why. The movie has to day achieved at least some cult status, which I actually think it deserves. It's not the best Swedish comedy ever made but you do get many laughs!

This movie is absolutely outstanding, it gives you the laughter of the year! See it! Follow Anders as he's trying to make it to the church on his wedding day...and how he has to re-live the happenings after his bachelorparty over and over until he gets it right...if he'll make it right! Highly recommended!

Naken (Naked) is a hilarious journey into the world of things that can go wrong when getting married. After a disastrous bachelor party the groom wakes up naked in an elevator, two hours before the wedding. To make things worse our unfortunate hero has to relive this nightmare over and over again in the tradition of "Ground Hogs Day". One more thing... in Sweden naked means butt-naked, not the Hollywood this-guy-is-naked-but-we-can't-show-it naked. Watch out also for Playmate Victoria Silvstedt who makes her feature film debut!

Interesting and a great laugh! :) Shows proof of intelligence and humor behind the making of the film. Many different Swedish celebrities, more or less famous, popping up here and there in small roles. Good Swedish movie.

Swedish movies are usually a rare phenomenon in Hungarian cinemas, so I was pleased to see that Naken is already the second one this year. Although it is very far behind the recent Sånger från andra våningen (which is a magical movie!), it is still an enjoyable comedy. Originality is not the keyword here: the whole story is a Swedish remake of Groundhog Day and many of the gags are also taken from other movies. (However, it is anyway hard to show anything new in film-making and this is not really expected from a lightweight comedy.) The reason I liked this movie is that despite of all the copying there is more originality left in it than in a usual Hollywood comedy. Perhaps this is due to the fact that naked men are shown in a natural way (imagine how much work would be invested in a prudish Hollywood movie to cut the "thing" out), perhaps this is just the "exotic bonus" of movies made outside the mainstream movie-making countries: I liked the "Swedish taste" (or what I thought to be the "Swedish taste"). Obviously this excentric movie is not the best way to look into Swedish society, but in some scenes you still get a glimpse of it.