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When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist resort, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural. A FilmBuff Presentation.When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist resort, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural. A FilmBuff Presentation.When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist resort, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Joshua Ryan
- Trevor
- (as Josh McVaney)
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Katharine La Ronde
- B.O.X. Sorority Sister
- (as Katharine LaRonde)
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This is a fun picture--a lightweight entertainment with lots of eye-candy. It is a very modern homage to a classic genre from the past.
When their father passes away, two young women are surprised to learn that he has left them an unusual inheritance: a nudist resort. So naturally they have to go there and find out what they have.
Initially reluctant to "go native", they gradually get over their inhibitions.
Unlike most modern movies with nudity, there is very little frontal exposure, and not much sex. Like the classic "nudie cuties" of the 1960's, there are generous displays of good-looking T & A.
When their father passes away, two young women are surprised to learn that he has left them an unusual inheritance: a nudist resort. So naturally they have to go there and find out what they have.
Initially reluctant to "go native", they gradually get over their inhibitions.
Unlike most modern movies with nudity, there is very little frontal exposure, and not much sex. Like the classic "nudie cuties" of the 1960's, there are generous displays of good-looking T & A.
Like several other reviewers I found it refreshingly pleasant to see a film which has people nude for none sexual reasons and generally a reasonably enjoyable film to watch. However despite several favourable comments on the extras portion of the DVD from people who are reputedly real nudists I didn't really feel that it portrayed nudism very accurately. Firstly nudism is usually promoted as a family activity, in this film all the nudists appeared to be single, an almost complete lack of any families, only in the final few seconds were a couple briefly seen with kids in there arms, maybe they were real members of the club used in the film. My other reason for deleting points out of ten is the the foul language frequently used by the two women who were the central characters, this was totally unnecessary, if it wasn't for that I would have said it was a movie the whole family young and old alike could have enjoyed. In some ways the movie parodied the nudies from the 50's and 60's where there always seemed to be some object which just happened to be in the right place to obscure the view, which seemed to be done more for comedy than anything.
First it must be said that nobody working in/on this movie has ever been to a nudist resort. None of the characters or situations will be found at one. Plus if only 8 people lived & worked at one, it would have been shut down a long time ago.
The story & plot are garbage. Not only not representing the nudist lifestyle or resort. Not representing real people. Worse there was one laugh and very little drama. Should have spent more than five minutes writing the script.
The cinematography gets a huge fail. At times the camera is shaking so bad I was getting nauseous! They do sell tripods & minopods to avoid this. Audio was not a total fail but very inconsistent.
The acting ranged from just okay to totally unbelievable. Maybe they were embarrassed to speak the often silly nonsensical lines.
If you are watching for the nudity, there are plenty of better movie choices as well. While some scenes appear staged for brief glimpses of breasts & butts other scenes they are strategically blocked.
I get the feeling they couldn't decide what kind of movie they were making so tried several directions at once. Fail!
The is so close to being one of those sweet indie comedies, but it just misses to mark in a few places. It's extremely trope-y with by the book characters and plot, BUT everyone seems to be acting their hearts out and there's nothing truly awful about it. It's just kind of there. A few laughs, but nothing you'll remember later. It doesn't even exploit the nudity! Comes across as more gentle and loving than trashy, which makes one wonder who this was for? Nudists?
I've definitely seen worse and would still say this was an okay watch if you've got nothing else on the plate.
I've definitely seen worse and would still say this was an okay watch if you've got nothing else on the plate.
The center of attention towards the film seems to be the amount of nudity. There is a large amount but the film's reasoning behind it stems from the people being "nudist" at a nudist resort. The story is relatively better than expect and only given a small plot description, it does showcase what it it about. The film isn't as provocative as initially thought, where this is a real film with a plot, convincing acting, characters, well dialogue and so on.
Although the end results are very predictable and we see sort of how they would unfold as the film progresses. With an obvious happy ending. The ending is given a very clear sequel bait, and apparently there is a sequel but not yet out? They really should have made the sequel right away. This film seems like it would actually made a decent tv series, given that there are several different characters and many subplots could ensure from it.
Although the end results are very predictable and we see sort of how they would unfold as the film progresses. With an obvious happy ending. The ending is given a very clear sequel bait, and apparently there is a sequel but not yet out? They really should have made the sequel right away. This film seems like it would actually made a decent tv series, given that there are several different characters and many subplots could ensure from it.
Did you know
- TriviaA majority of the scenes for this film were shot at Olive Dell Ranch nudist resort in Colton, California. In fact, Becky and Bobby Kilborn, who play the hula hoop girl and grounds-keeper, respectively, are the real-life owners of Olive Dell.
- Quotes
Leah Collins: My father wouldn't even let me wear a bikini!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits have "Costume Designer ... Madre Naturaleza" i.e. Mother Nature, who does do birthday suits.
- SoundtracksNeedle Will Bite
Written by Tom Schraeder
Performed by Tom Schraeder & His Ego, Danny Malone, Daniel Wilcox
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- Olive Dell Ranch, Colton, California, USA(on location)
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- 1h 30m(90 min)
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- 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)
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