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Humpday (2009)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:21

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.9/10

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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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Widescreen - 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - Spanish
 
 
 
 

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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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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 succeeds by grounding its risqué premise in the awkwardness and humor of real people trying their damnedest to communicate. A lot.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/31/09
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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While at times the improvisational dialogue sounds like audio filler, the three leads are poignant and perceptive. Likewise Shelton's film, considerably more complex than those 'bros will be bros' comedies of male bonding.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
07/30/09
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Those conversations were really memorable and really well executed.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
07/27/09
Ben Mankiewicz
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It kind of runs out of steam.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
07/27/09
Ben Lyons
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Unlike a lot of institutional raunch in today's comedy, Humpday finds laughs out of what is rarely made explicit between buddies.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/24/09
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Shelton never follows up on the film's satirical possibilities.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment 1 Comment
07/24/09
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Even if the movie doesn't completely work, it's apt to leave you talking about it for days.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/24/09
Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly
Dallas Morning News
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The scenes between husband and wife are spectacularly awkward and arresting, though the movie grows more dubious the nearer the guys get to their shooting session in a local hotel room.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/24/09
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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[A] startlingly good comedy that makes Brüno seem barely daring.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
07/24/09
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Evolves so naturally it never feels outrageous.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
07/24/09
Jennie Punter
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
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Humpday radiates with the sheen of a film that has been thought out within an inch of its witty and insightful life.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/23/09
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Washington Post
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Humpday just wrings every uncomfortable laugh from its premise then shudders to a halt: cut, end credits.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/23/09
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Humpday is funny, yes, but also observant and thought-provoking.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/23/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Shelton shows great insight into the contradictory mind of the modern man.

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07/16/09
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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One of the best indie films of the year, Humpday is a lighter descendant of 'sex lies and videotape,' yet burrows just as deep into the male psyche and the human capacity for self-deceit.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
07/10/09
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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Few kinds of art are more boring than the insistently transgressive, and few movies are more boring than Humpday.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
07/10/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Lynn Shelton's breakthrough bromance comedy is funny, sharp and true -- with no preachy sexual politics.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
07/10/09
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Humpday makes you squirm and think, in the best possible way.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
07/10/09
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
TIME Magazine
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