Nude Tuesday is a 2022 New Zealand comedy film that was written by Armağan Ballantyne and Jackie van Beek, and directed by Ballantyne.

Set on a fictional island in the Pacific Ocean, (that looks suspiciously like Auckland) the film follows Laura and Bruno (played by Jackie van Beek and Damon Herriman respectively) as they attend a new-age retreat to save their marriage.

The film is unique in that the film’s dialogue is reordered entirely in a fictional language. Then English subtitles, are added but with no reference to the original script.

This results in three versions of the film: one with subtitles written by British comedian Julia Davis, one with a different storyline written by Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng and Australian comedian Celia Pacquola, and one without subtitles.

Overall, despite the premise and the addition of Jemaine Clement  it’s only mildly humorous. But I did appreciate the cover versions of Phil Phillips’ “Sea of Love”, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream”, The Zombies’ “Time of the Season” and Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere”, recorded in the fictional language.

I thought Jackie van Beek’s previous film, The Breaker Upperers was funnier.