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Humpday (2009)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:72

Rotten:21

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: Observant and insightful, this indie comedy takes a different tack on the "bromance" but still makes a point without sermonizing.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for some strong sexual content, pervasive language and a scene of drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 10, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $254,272

Synopsis: It's been a decade since Ben (Duplass) and Andrew (Leonard) were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a... It's been a decade since Ben (Duplass) and Andrew (Leonard) were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabond artist, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up unannounced on Ben's doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of macho one-upmanship. Late into the night at a wild party, the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest together. But what kind of boundary-breaking, envelope pushing porn can two straight dudes make? After the booze and "big talk" run out, only one idea remains -- they will have sex together on camera. It's not gay; it's beyond gay. It's not porn; it's art. But how exactly will it work? And more importantly, who will tell Anna (Delmore), Ben's wife?

Writer/director Lynn Shelton, director of My Effortless Brilliance and recipient of the "Someone to Watch Award" at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, expertly mines the biggest ironies of the male ego to hilarious effect. Humpday is a buddy movie gone wild. --© Magnolia [More]

Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton

Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard

Director: Lynn Shelton

Director: Lynn Shelton
Screenwriter: Lynn Shelton
Producer: Lynn Shelton
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Nov 17, 2009

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It says very little about anything though promising to say much.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/24/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

In its unassuming, offhand way, "Humpday" gets the details of male friendship uncomfortably right -- the self-denials, the macho bluster, the constant comparisons about where that guy's at in life versus me.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
10/16/09
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/01/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Possibilities are at least flirted with, if not realized, the results waver between interesting and tedious, only to come up with the inevitable lemon of a resolution.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/30/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Mumblecore meets screwball in 'Humpday,' an audacious character comedy that squeezes so much humor and pertinence out of its low budget and high concept that even the audience feels the pinch.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
09/11/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Shelton’s film takes a quantum leap in its funny and fearless third act.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/04/09
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

This low-budget art film about two straight men who drunkenly decide to shoot a porno together in the style of a low-budget art film is actually kind of touching, if you can get past the inherent credibility gap.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
09/04/09
John Thomason
John Thomason
Orlando Weekly

What's intriguing in this set-up is what the dare might teach the guys about the nature of sexuality.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
09/02/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Humpday is the reductio ad absurdum of the recent spate of bromance movies. ... It dares to ask what happens when a bromance evolves into a straight-up romance.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
08/28/09
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

Getting to the showdown is a fine and funny journey.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
08/28/09
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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There's something surprisingly perceptive about the way the film looks at male relationships and friendships.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
08/21/09
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

There hasn't been a mainstream movie since maybe "The Crying Game" that has so subtly brought up the possibility of a man's bisexuality than "Humpday."

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Weekly | comment Comment
08/18/09
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Sci-Fi Weekly

One thing usually that stands out in independent films is the amateurish acting, but that's not the case here. Every performance is right on the money and feels 100% natural.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
08/16/09
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

If I wanted to hear would-be counter culture yuppies yell at each other I'd hang out with my own loser friends.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
08/11/09
Jordan Hoffman
Jordan Hoffman
UGO

The addlepated 'Humpday," wherein charcters laugh and laugh and laugh. So what's the joke?

Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | comment Comment
08/06/09
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer

Humpday is something surprising: a sharply observed slice of life, an entertaining example of the microbudget genre called mumblecore.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
08/06/09
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The script feels about ten re-writes short of being filmable.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
08/03/09
Larry Carroll
Larry Carroll
MTV

Is there anything more stereo-typical than straight guys locked in a mutual dare? Well, here the stakes couldn't be higher, or funnier.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
08/03/09
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

Writer/director Lynn Shelton's sexual sitcom is a lighthearted satire of machismo and insecurity where the laughs emerge from restless, uncomfortable silences.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/31/09
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Humpday [captures] the lives of its protagonists more credibly than any Hollywood-manufactured comedy of recent vintage.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
07/31/09
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian
 
 
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