- 2009
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
SummaryIt’s been a decade since Ben and Andrew 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-up...
Directed By:Lynn Shelton
Written By:Lynn Shelton
Humpday
Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
My Score
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
88% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
100
Humpday succeeds, often beautifully, by grounding its risque premise in the awkwardness and humor of real people trying their damnedest to communicate. A lot.
By Amy Biancolli
FULL REVIEW 90
The movie’s unblinking observation of a friendship put to the test is amused, queasy making, kindhearted and unfailingly truthful.
80
Unlike a lot of institutional raunch in today's comedy, Humpday finds laughs out of what is rarely made explicit between buddies.
By Robert Abele
FULL REVIEW 80
Lynn Shelton's marvelous chamber comedy Humpday butts up against the same sort of taboos as "Brüno," and in its fumbling, semi-improvised way, it’s equally hilarious and even more subversive.
75
The movie does open up a lot of heretofore vacuum-sealed cans of worms. Does sex represent a sort of grand completeness that men secretly yearn for in their friendships?
By Cammila Albertson
FULL REVIEW 67
As for that central question: Yep, it’s art, all right. One only wishes they’d gotten down to the business of it sooner.
25
Few kinds of art are more boring than the insistently transgressive, and few movies are more boring than Humpday.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
75% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
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13% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Dec 1, 2011
9
Humpday makes a refreshing change to mainstream film drudgery. For a film about two straight guys deciding to make a porn film together, it's surprisingly deep, witty and honest. It's so original and off-the wall that you'll never see another comedy-drama quite like it. The story hinges on the believability of its two leads, so thankfully both Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard put in great performances - they're natural and relatable, and carry writer/director Lynn Shelton's highly original story along nicely with their effortless, entirely improvised dialogue - you don't doubt for a moment that Ben and Andrew have known each other for most of their lives. Humpday is a film experience like no other. There's no pretension, no hidden agenda, it's just exceedingly clever, unquestionably funny minimalist filmmaking.
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Production Company:
- Magnolia Pictures
- Seashel Pictures
Release Date:Jul 10, 2009
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Sometimes male bonding can be taken a little too far.
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Awards
Gijón International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
