Did you people see the same film I saw?

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Every single scene in this movie is evidence of the very low budget it had. In some of the most dramatic scenes, it seemed almost unrealistic. For example, in one scene, a woman is supposed to be sobbing dramatically after she was slapped, however, her mouth is covered and her emotionless eyes blinking is the only thing that can be seen. The woman does not appear in the least to be showing any emotion, let alone sobbing. The story-line was very odd and jumbled, almost as if they had run out of things to make a movie about and they just threw this film together. I'm not even sure that the actors in this film took it seriously.

If no one had told me The Naked Kiss was a low-budget movie, I wouldn't have known. In addition to not appearing to be a low-budget movie, it also doesn't appear out of place in the context of today's movies.Both the editing and movement of the camera were skillful. The film utilized techniques like ellipses and eyeline-matching to tell the story of Kelly (Constance Towers) not just well, but in a stunning manner. Take, for instance, the opening scene: a (mostly) POV shot of Kelly in the middle of an outrage, followed by the credits posed over her, fixing her appearance, the camera acting as the "mirror." This is the kind of stylistic choice that consistently adds to the power that Towers brings to the table throughout the film.My largest complaints with the movie, however, are with Kelly's relationship to Griff (Anthony Eisley), a local police captain. Griff's character very clearly represents male expectations of and disdain for a non-virginal (and unapologetic) woman operating on her own whims, wants, and principles. However, he seems to be so arbitrarily hot-and-cold with Kelly, leading me to feel quite confused about his contradictory actions toward the end.Maybe it's the independence of low-budget filmmaking that allowed The Naked Kiss to tackle the controversial topics that it does. Though the topics it covers even get upsetting, the film is somehow absolutely a feel-good movie. The prostitute-turned-saint-and-savior story told by The Naked Kiss isn't only what it sounds like, and the ride along the way is enjoyable from beginning to end.The audience gets to see many different sides of Towers' character Kelly. Her "past" self, her desire to be "better," her kind actions and fantasies (one particularly sweet fantasy sequence during a story-telling session at the children's hospital comes to mind) and even what she is capable of. Towers' performance is excellent in all of these aspects.The story told by The Naked Kiss, in addition to the way it was told, is still incredibly relevant and important.

The Naked Kiss was just alright to me. I'm not going to rehash the whole plot, but it is basically about the story of a female prostitute, named Kelly, who is trying to clean up her life and falls in love with Grant. Grant is the love her life, but ends up also being one of the biggest problems of her life. I won't say anything more about what happens, but you definitely have to watch it to really get the feel of and understand the story. Besides the plot the movie, it is filmed fairly well and has the lighting of the average film noir. Overall, I don't know that I would recommend this movie, but it is still a fairly interesting movie.

A beautiful woman comes to a new town after a violent encounter with her former boss and procurer in an attempt to start over and ends up committing murder. After her initial arrival and brief encounter with Captain Griff, Kelly decides to ignore the advice of the captain who suggests she look up the local "candy shop" for a job and she gets a job at the local hospital instead working with disabled children. She loves her work and the children and then meets the handsome and rich J.L. Grant and after a world wind courtship, Grant asks Kelly to marry him. After some soul searching she decides to say yes but before they walk down the aisle she uncovers a terrible secret about her lover and she kills him. Fortunately, she is cleared of the charges after finally remembering the little girl that her fiancé was "attempting to play a game with" and Griff is able to track down the little girl who confirms Kelly's story. This is a powerful story about a woman who refuses to get beat down anymore and fights back, not only for herself but for those unable to protect themselves.