Nature Boy naked and later in a bathtub scene. The song is performed at a jazz club in the film "Angel Eyes", (2001). A version recorded by Jon Hassell on trumpet and Ronu Majumdar on flute is featured on the soundtrack. The writing of "Nature Boy" was the theme of a 2000 Canadian TV film of the same title, directed by Kari Skogland. Callum Keith Rennie played ahbez, writing the song for Cole, played by Terence Carson, after falling in love with a woman named Anna Jacobs, portrayed by Tanya Allen. The song was a central theme in Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge!" "Nature
Ode to Boy the soul of previously more restrained outings in spite of its energy and lust." In a review of "Essex", William Ruhlmann of "AllMusic" commented that the re-recording was "an unnecessary remake", which had been "arranged to sound like 'Pinball Wizard'." Helena Adams of the music website "Reflections of Darkness" felt the song was a "total rip off" of the Guns N' Roses song "One in a Million", but without Axl Rose's "rawness or charm". "Louder than War" writer Paul Scott-Bates said: "A version of the incredible "Ode to Boy" from Yazoo's "You And Me Both" swansong features twice – guitar