‘The Contestant’ Review: Doc About Japanese Reality Star Tells a Good Story Too Superficially

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‘The Contestant’ Review: Doc About Japanese Reality Star Tells a Good Story Too Superficially
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Clair Titley's documentary is about Nasubi, who spent 15 months naked, stuck in a small room and living off of magazine contest prizes for a Japanese reality show.

ought to have the advantage of 25 years of distance for a healthy dose of introspection and cultural context.

At the very least, it ought to have the advantage of a decade-plus of introspection and cultural context, since it was the basis for a 2014is a missed opportunity. It’s a documentary about voyeurism that, in the absence of freshly delivered insight, just reintroduces and rehashes the voyeuristic impulse it’s largely condemning.

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