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As Sigmund Freud once wrote, penises are funny.
A butt will never not be funny, and everyone knows it.)
When it comes to onscreen nudity, though, this self-consciously retro film is also a modest step forward.
Its a tougher task than it sounds.
you’ve got the option to understand why its been well reviewed!
Maddie and Percy are starting to bond, and Percy is taking the first steps out of his shell.
Because this is a movie, that can only mean one thing: skinny-dipping.
That trope is to be expected, but what happens next probably isnt.
Its a hilarious scene, and in its own small way, groundbreaking.
This is a totally different style of comic nudity than Hollywood tends to give its actresses.
When women get funny nude scenes in the movies, it usually happens in one of a few ways.
(Though that one gets points docked for employing black censor bars.)
The joke is not that Maddies embarrassed; its that shes not embarrassed.
Shes so full of rage that she wont let a little nudity get between her and a smackdown.
In the scenes where Maddies trying to be sexy, shes always fully clothed.
When she goes surfing, she wears a long-sleeve rash guard.
Boorish complaints that the movie is awaste of boobsare the point.
Shes not letting you in if youre trying to drool.
Only if youre trying to laugh.
